report. >> philadelphia police are searching for the gunman responsible for shooting two teenagers overnight. plus, rain puts a damper on 4th of july celebrations down the shore. but first, let's check in with meteorologist chris sowers for a look at the accuweather forecast. the rain is gone. >> reporter: le rain is long gone. let's step outside we have lots of sunshine, hurricane arthur up in the canadian maritimes at this point. it's not pestering us. i was at a afternoon boosh cue yesterday -- barbecue yesterday and it was chilly. 60 degrees in millville. atlantic city, 63. 69 in allentown, 59 in reading. lancaster, 57. there's the end of it. there's the cloud deck the far

southwestern end of that pushing into new england. that sets the stage for a gorgeous day. high pressure out of the west, lots of sunshine, maybe the occasional puffy cumulus clouds developing here, for the most partly we'll see sunny skies. sunburn will occur in 15 minutes, apply the sunscreen, temperatures around 80 degrees by lunchtime topping out around 83 by 3, 4:00 p.m. if you're heading to the jersey shore we have a high surf advisory, waves beating the beaches 4 to 6 feet. we'll see the dangerous rip currents continue from seaside heights all the way down to the delaware beaches. i'm have more on this in the seven-day forecast when i come back in just a bit. >> the big story on "action news" saturday morning is breaking news. four children have died after nearly a dozen row homes went up in flames in a three-alarm blaze overnight. kenneth moten joins us live from the scene with the details,

kenneth. >> reporter: well, eva, we just got an update from the fire commissioner moments ago let me step aside and show you the scene on the the 6500 block of gestner street. you can see the damaged row homes. i want to give you that address, 6500 block gestner street. the fire commissioner confirmed four small children are dead. the fire broke out at 3:00 a.m. here. the fire spread to 8 homes. once again, the tragedy is the lives lost. 24-year-old girls we have learned are twins, a 4-year-old boy and 1-month-old boy were killed. two 11-year-old girls treated for smoke at the scene. and one woman treated by 1th

district for smoke inhalation. the fire broke out at the 3:00 a.m. hour in southwest philadelphia. we understand it was fast-moving on this block. we understand that the children were trapped inside. people tried to get them out. the witnesses told us they were working as fast as possible to get the children out, but they could not reach them. firefighters rushed to the scene, they tried to get to the children who were trapped inside several of those row homes. 8 row homes we understand are damaged in the fast-moving fire, right now the fire commissioner gave us an update here's what he had to say. >> we do not know what how's it started in. we're in the process of conducting a conducting an investigation because of amount of fire and heat.

fires are going to spread quicker in the summertime. >> reporter: and once again, as you look live at the scene, firefighters have the scene under control, but we have a tragedy this morning, once again, let me give you the ages, 2, 4-year-old girl also, 4-year-old boy and 1-month-old boy were killed in the fire. as you can imagine the family members on the scene are grief stricken. a lot of them yelling out on the street. the firefighters grieving also at this point with the family members as they have been trying to do what they can to make sure the scene is as safe as possible to make sure the other row homes did not spread to them. we're gathering more information, as soon as we have it we'll pass it on to you,

kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >> thanks, kenneth. new this morning, two teens are shot and police are looking for the person who pulled the trigger. the gunfire broke out on the 2,000 block of east atlantic street in port richmond. an 18-year-old and 15-year-old were shot in the leg. the motive is under investigation. a man is run down by a car in west oak lane and police say the female driver did it on purpose. it happened on fayette street around 9:30. the man was rushed to albert einstein medical center, police are trying to figure out exactly what set all of this off. the 3-year-old crushed by a security gate that fell outside a ritas in philadelphia's brewy town section will be laid to rest today. a public viewing will be held for wynter larkin at 230 west

colter street in germantown. philadelphia ended the 4th of july celebration with a fabulous fireworks display. hundreds of thousands turned out for the fireworks and the concert. grammy nominee wrapped it up. ♪ grammy and oscar winner jennifer hudson belted out a lot of songs. it was anchored by philly's own the roots. they always stay true to their roots and come to the july 4th jam. rick williams, cesily tynan,

adam joseph, karen rogers hosted our exclusive coverage we thank all of you who pulled you mean a seat and tuned in. >> it was a soggy start are this holiday weekend for those at the jersey shore it meant no beach and no fireworks displace. annie mccormick -- displays. annie mccormick was in atlantic city. >> reporter: it wasn't much, but it was something, a few fireworks lit up the atlantic city skyline but the official show was postponed to the disappointment of many. >> oh, my god you're kidding. >> reporter: including this family who drove here from parmus and this family who came from virginia. >> i'm making the best of it, the rain stopped and it is nice outside. >> reporter: most shore towns postponed fireworks because of hurricane arthur, he forced families to find indoor fun and

left lifeguards on the offense. >> once it breaks and comes in, it wants to run back out. >> the waves are high and they big and dangerous. >> reporter: but with the rough sea came a beautiful end to the holiday and did not take away from why families wanted to travel here in the if i were. >> i love it -- if i first pla. >> i love it, nothing greater than america. >> our 4th of july coverage continues on the 6abc news app we have photos along with a list of local fireworks shows including postponements and cancellations. and check out accuweather and storm tracker 6 live throughout the weekend. there's much more to come

on "action news" saturday morning. you may see higher prices as you pick up beer for the holiday weekend. there's not mud, but snow left over from our rough winter where you can still find snow piles late in the season, chris. >> reporter: we have a gorgeous weekend coming up around the delaware valley, lots of sunshine, low humidity levels, pleasant temperatures and a heat wave is on the way, i'll tell you what it arrives and how warm it will get in the seven-day forecast when when we come right back.

>> it is july 4th weekend, the height of the summer season, but in oak clair, wisconsin, yeah, that's snow still on the ground. remnants of winter. street crews say the piles of snow usually melts by now, but they are sticking around because the ice takes longer to melt, and there's not much area expoaft sunlight. >> reporter: -- exposed to the sunlight.

i thought we had it bad. there's the view, center city skyline, you'll see a lot of that, a lot of bright blue and sunshine. the best part comfortable temperatures. this time of year, it could be like a steam bath out there, we have anything but today and tomorrow. 63 degrees, look at this dewpoint. it's lower than the location in the desert as well as. pressure reading 30.16. as long as the dewpoint stays in the 40s and 50s for that matter. it will stay comfortable. thing will change later, but for now i'll show you the weekend. 64 in philadelphia. 60 in wilmington. anybody 10 to 14 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. the cold front has punched through and done its job nicely, everything working in on the

tail end of hurricane arthur which is pulling north into the canadian maritimes. it's a cool canadian breeze. the fact that the dewpoints are low, it's going to feel chilly this morning. here's what else left of arthur. it's spinning across maine, augusta, portland. this will sit and spin and pull off to the north. there's new jersey and philadelphia down in the lower left-hand side of the screen. you can see how far away it is, and it continues to pull away. future tracker 6 not showing much of anything tomorrow. we get into sunday, same thing. more sunshine tomorrow. we have high, thin clouds work across the sky as the afternoon warms on. we get into monday, the warm front punches through. that will trigger showers and thunderstorms. monday turns hazy hot and humid easily into the mid 90s.

the storms start to develop for the far western suburbs. next week, looks like heat wave number two is on the way and it starts monday. reading, 83. downingtown, 82. up and down the i-95 corridor, temperatures 82, 83. glass borough, 83. west chester, 81. smyrna, 82. sea isle city, 79 and cape may, 78 degrees. in the mountains today, 75 degrees, mostly sunny skies, gorgeous afternoon. sunny in the poconos tomorrow, 7 # degrees. the jersey shore the only issue continues to be this, right here the dangerous rip current. ocean temperatures cooled off dramatically, it's 59 degrees off the coast of atlantic city, it's a little bit chilly. be on the look out for rip

current they will pull you out. 79 degrees, sunday, sunny and nice, a comfortable high of 80. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, shows it's pretty nice out there over the next few days, 83 today, sunny and warmer sunday, 94 for monday, hazy, hot and humid, tuesday hot and humid, 96. wednesday, hot, still hazy, still humid, 90 degrees. thursday, out of the 90s it's muggy and oppressive, 88. friday friday, 86. we get into tuesday, wednesday, thursday, we have gusty storms, and that will be here for a while. >> don't forget you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. morning rain forced some 4th of july celebrations to be pushed back in camden county

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>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 6:24 saturday morning, time for the boat report, we'll start with satellite and radar, here's what's left of hurricane arthur yesterday evening, as the storm passed on by, winds shifted out of the northwest. that prevented temperatures from climbing. with the dewpoints climbing like they did, high temperatures topped out in the 70s. there it is now it's long gone it's up in the canadian maritimes in new england we're left with sunny skies. there's a small craft advisory in effect on the delaware bay, we're seeing sustained winds apt 1 miles per hour. waves 2 to 3 feet.

air temperatures gandys beach and fortescue 60 degrees. oceanfront, waves of 4 to 6 feet. small craft advisory and high surf advisory remain in effect this afternoon. >> the phillies slide and the sixers are about to get look at a big man in an actual game. >> reporter: losers of 11 of their last 14 games phillies and pirates back at it in pittsburgh at 4:00 p.m. it's been an ugly season, of course this play may perfectly summit up, ouch. benefit ben revere colliding, josh harrison, rbi single. phils down 2-0. hernandez allowed 4 runs in the first, no, he is not happy.

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he'll have jitters in the first game. but we want him to play well. >> reporter: before scarfing down an and he is excessive amount of hot dogs at nathans contest, joey chestnut pops the question to his girlfriend. he eats 61 hot dogs in ten minutes. he won 8 years in a row. world cup action today belgium who knocks out u.s.a. will take on argentina at noon only channel 6. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. >> we have much more coming up on "action news" saturday morning, stay with us, we'll be on "action news" saturday morniwe love this kitchen!ll be what's next? great! do you have measurements? yeah, i paced it off. it's about twenty by twelve of these.

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the accuweather forecast. you're on the roll with the winning weekends. we'll keep the winning streak going, how about yesterday it was the coolest 4th of july in 20 years. temperatures in the 70s for highs, both humidity levels we'll keep that going this weekend. let's get you outside and show you what it looks like that's philadelphia international airport, all is quiet. no reported weather reported delays. we don't expect any all weekend long, it should stay nice and bright out there, very quiet and tranquil. millville, 60. allentown, 59. poconos 54. trenton, 61 and sea isle city 63. everybody 8 to 12 degrees cooler than yesterday at this very same time, the humidity levels have gone way down. it feels fantastic thanks to hurricane arthur, actually as it continues to wrap up and spin it pushes off to the northeast, once it pation -- past by the

delaware valley it took the canadian air mass and dropped it into the delaware valley. that's why it's so refreshing. it will continue to feel that way throughout the day. the barbecue forecast, 81 degrees, mostly sunny skies and 5:00 p.m., as you're throwing steaks on the grill, in the low 80s. heat and humidity return with a vengeance in the forecast. i'll have the details in the seven day when i come back in just a bit. >> breaking news tragedy in southwest philadelphia, four children have been killed in a fast-moving fire in nearly a dozen row homes. "action news" reporter, kenneth moten joins us live from the scene with all the details, kenneth. >> reporter: eva, we just got tragic news, more than an hour ago here in southwest philadelphia. i want to step out of the way so i can show you what we're

dealing with on this active scene this morning, there's a fire truck with a large ladder monitoring the hot spots, truly a tragic scene on the 6500 block of gestner street. the fire commissioner confirmed four small children dead a fire broke out spreading to 8 row homes. several people were able to get out, but the four small victims were not able to escape the fire. two 4-year-old girls who were twins, 4-year-old boy and 1-month-old boy were killed. 2 girls treated at the scene for smoke by medics. there's a large amount of grief on the scene. inconsolable family members are being looked after by red cross. the fire commissioner gave us an

update moments ago about this tragic scene. >> it's a tragic day for the city of philadelphia. we lost 4 children. the original engine company 40 got here a minute later. four dwellings were involved. we wind up losing 8 homes today. and those children have been located who were killed in the last moving fire on gestner street in southwest philadelphia. two four-year-old girls, twins, a 4-year-old boy and 1-month-old boy was killed. they have been located in the home. several homes were damaged, red cross is helping those families, a large number of families

members on the scene as well as firefighters red cross is looking after the victims of this fire right now, as we come back here live we take a live look at the ladder on the scene, monitoring for hot spots once again a tragic scene as you can imagine, four small children who were killed in the fire, the family members we tried to talk to some of him them, success -- as you can imagine they are inconsolable. we're gathering more details and as we have them we'll bring them to you. kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >> also new overnight fire broke out in a row home in west philadelphia, a neighbor said he saved the people inside. the action cam near 51st and chestnut.

firefighters arrived torched flames shooting from the -- to find flames shooting from the first floor. the neighbor said he smelled smoke and jumped into action. >> the first thing i thought, people are in there, i kicked in the front door in, i banged and got the people out. there were people on all three floors. >> reporter: all three floors were damaged. no word on the cause of the fire. new a car crashes into a northeast philadelphia apartment building this morning, police are looking for the driver. two apartments were severely damaged in a late night wreck near red lion. no reports of any injuries. 6:35, the 4th of july week was capped off in grand style. check out this massive fireworks display that lit up the night skies is at the philadelphia museum of art. chopper 6 captured the unique display. it was a fitting way to cap off the week long celebration of

america's 238th birthday. the benjamin franklin parkway was packed with hundred of thousands of visitors to the annual 4th of july jam. the weather was absolutely perfect for the free concert and fireworks display, our sharrie williams was on the parkway for the jam and fireworks. >> reporter: a spectacular display as fireworks light up the sky capping off a night of wonder and amazement. it's independence day, america's birthday and there's no party like the jam on the parkway. >> it's been great, the weather is great. she is waiting to see niki minaj. >> reporter: these girls came wearing their red, white and blue where everyone can see it. >> because it's the 4th of july and i like the american flag. >> reporter: the wawa welcome america is a huge outdoor

celebration full of power house music performances and family fun. >> i find it exciting to see the families enjoying themselves. >> it's nice that they do this for basically free, this represents the united states of america. >> reporter: representing the u.s.a. is what the 4th of july is all about. the freedoms enjoyed in this country are due in part from military members including soldiers like elizabeth torres chose home from afghanistan. >> i've been home for three years since i've been home from afghanistan. it means a lot to be here it's the first year i'm outside and enjoying it. sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> a celebration of patriotism

in delaware county the marple township parade starts at newtown square and ends at the firehouse. happening today another celebration in delco of america's 238th birthday. springfield's parade steps off at 9:00 a.m. on the 100 block of leaming avenue and ends at springfield park. the super scooper all you can eat ice cream festival with a 7-dollar donation you can enjoy all the ice cream your heart dies from noon to 5 and 6 to 5 tomorrow. the money goes to fight pediatric cancer. vacationers at the jersey

shore are hoping for a nicer weekend after rain put a damper on the july 4th festivities. a few fireworks let up the atlantic city skyline, but the fireworks show was postponed until tomorrow night. hurricane arthur forced to famis to find indoor fun. >> the size of the surf is hard to deal with it, once it breaks and comes in, it all wants to run back out. >> but with the rough sea came a beautiful end to the holiday, many say the weather didn't take away why they traveled to the shore for the holiday weekend in the first place. dewy beach in delaware, once the sun set the night skylight up with the fireworks for the annual show. what a beautiful way to end the

4th of july july. our 4th of july continues on the 6abc news app. we have dozens of photos from independence day celebrations throughout the area along with a list of fireworks shows including postponements and cancellations and check out accuweather and storm tracker 6 live throughout the weekend. there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning, a new home for a wounded war veteran gives him new-found freedom. hurricane arthur leaves its mark along the north carolina coast. meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, ah, see the sunshine? "action news" saturday morning ♪

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>> the effects of hurricane arthur rained out 4th of july plans across new england, but no communities felt that more than bedford, massachusetts. the flooding created unsafe conditions. there was no shortage of holiday spirit as some good samaritans were seen pushing cars out of the flooding. looks like they are having fun sharing a trash bag, too. you can see the damage hurricane arthur left behind in north carolina, an aerial tour along chris tall coast shows boats

along the shoreline. trees were snapped and this area saw category storm with winds at 110 miles per hour. "good morning america" will have more on the aftermath of hurricane arthur. "good morning america" weekend is next, immediately following this broadcast at 8:00 a.m. and we are still seeing rip currents and swells for people at the shore and going to the beach today. >> reporter: this is going to be one of the problems, we'll not be dealing with long track storms that will take days to approach the mainlands. they will be close to the coast because the waters is so warm for this time of year. it will not give us much warning or time. same thing with arthur. it developed off the coast of

florida. we're dealing with rough surf. quite a bit of wave action. it stayed hundreds of miles out to sea, it did intensify it was a category two at one point as it made landfall over north carolina. now that arthur has pulled away things have quieted down dramatically with the exception of the ocean. 64 degrees, dewpoints are in the 40s, that feels pretty refreshing. winds out of the northwest at 14 miles per hour. it will be breezy. pressure 30.16. 50s northwest low 60s south and east. philadelphia, 64. sea isle, 63. trenton, 61. these are sustained wind speeds or constant out of the west/northwest in this direction 10 to 15 miles per hour. every now and then we get gusts

as high as 25 miles per hour. here's the latest on arthur, it continues to pull away, well-defined eye, it continues to pull away to the north away from the delaware valley. there's the back edge that left us with nothing but clear skies from this point on. this frontal system will kick arthur well out to sea. it's pleasant with high pressure in control today. as we move into sunday, that high is in control, but it driferlts to -- drifts to the southeast. that means the return flow will starting point to warm us up. once we get into monday that warm front lifts through we're in the soup again. heatz hot and humid, high -- hazy, hot and humid, high temperatures in the mid 90s. we'll have feels-like temperatures or heat indices close to 100. strong rip currents at the shore, be careful of that if

you're heading into the water. breezy on the sand. sunday, sunny and nice, temperatures close to 80. let's suppose for a second you're in the water and you encounter a rip current. that water has to come 0 back out, you feel yourself swimming against this sudden rush of water that's pulling you out. let it pull you out. as its doing so, swim parallel to the beach just like that until you feel that are you're out of the rip current. you don't want to fight that current you're not going to win it's a losing battle. swim parallel to the beach until you get out of the rip current and get to the shore. winds out of the north northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. 65 in the outlighting suburbs, 6

# -- outlying suburbs, 64 for center city. 83 very comfortable. 87 tomorrow, very comfortable in the humidity department. the heat is on, turns muggy, hazy hot and humid, 94. tuesday, are hot and humid, high of 96. heat indices close to 100. tuesday and wednesday afternoon there's a chance of showers and storms some of those could be on the stronger side. wednesday 90 degrees that could heat wave number 2. thursday, 88. friday, mostly sunny, 86 degrees. it's important if you're down the shore if you're going into the water if they let you in, pay attention to the life guard. >> that's what the lifeguards have been telling us all week swim in front of the lifeguard, they are trained to see rip current. >> good news for manatees, the large mammals may be off the

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down the shore, let's head outside to meteorologist chris sowers with a look ahead with the accuweather forecast. no rain today. >> reporter: no, ma'am, it's a