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philadelphia is in mourning and asking questions tonight after flames destroyed homes and claims lives of four children. saturday night, i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" tonight is the investigation into a fast-moving and deadly fire. as we told you, four young children were trappeded in and could not be saved. 28 people are homeless. annie mccormick is back on the scene on the 6500 block of guestner street and what's the latest on the investigation here annie? >> reporter: walter, this fire was so intense it took out nearly this entire city block. witnesses say the woman able to jump to safety lost two of her own children and she desperately tried to get back inside. >> i want to die. >> family members broke down near the scene of the deadly four alarm blaze that killed four children. it sfreed four more. trapping two brothers 1 and 4

and 4-year-old twin girls identified by family as marie and maria boa. the twins father remembered his girls who loved surprised school and music. >> my little girl they love to play i mean they love to read. >> he says the girls' mother was inside at the time. fire and jumped to safety and family members say they tried get back in. >> the fire was everywhere. she took older kids and put them through the window. >> fire officials believe it began on a front porch and spread. there were two working smoke detectors inside. firefighters nearby responded in three minutes. >> they did an excellent job and did their best and gave it all they had. the members of that station right now are heartbroken. >> mayor nutter toured the damage and spoke to the victims, including people displaced. while outside officials boarded up the homes and neighbors from the tight nit liberian community

dropped off balloons and teddy bears near the site. >> i can only play their pain was not long and that they do not truly feel and experience the intensity of this fire. >> and fire officials say they're still investigating a cause. more than 30 people are out of their homes tonight. red cross is assisting them. many of them are staying at the red cross the house and red cross says as always they're in need of financial and clothing donations. reporting live now in southwest philadelphia, annie mccormick, "channel 6 action news." walter. >> thank you, annie. two men were killed during a head on collision in wilmington, delaware this afternoon. state police skourd the crash scene marsh road and chestnut. a 53-year-old driver was fleeing the scene of another crash across the center median and hit a car driven by a 68-year-old

man. both men were pronounced dead at christianne hospital. troopers tell us neither victim was wearing a seatbelt. marsh between nayman as and harvey was closed three hours. police arrested a man driving while intoxicated with two kids nadz the car. officers located the car route 30 garden state park we and arrested 30-year-old paul d e ce ino of mays landing. concerned driver called 911 about a car driving erratically. he's held on $10,000 bail for child endangerment. d wi. heroin possession and reckless drivingch the 4 and 5-year-old inside the vehicle were returned unharmed to their mother. a teenager from glen mills, delaware county is recovering tonight after being involved in a terrible hit-and-run while visiting wildwood. it happened 200 block rio grande avenue 3:00 this morning, 15-year-old kody bragndy was crossing the road when he was

hit by a dark colored sedan. he was transferred to children's hospital of philadelphia. he remains in icu with head injuries. they tried to warn kody about the car speeding towards him. >> we were yelling his name kody! yelling for him. he would like -- he like got kind of sombified and rolled over and it was really bad. >> suspect's passenger side mirror was recovered at the scene. anyone with information is asked to please contact wildwood police. >> we turn now to accuweather forecast and with a little cooperation from mother nature we're basking in glow of truly spectacular weekend. it was a beautiful, clear night as families gathered to see the fire works in upper darby. it was postponed yesterday because of drizzle. apart from moisture it is one fantastic holiday weekend. meteorologist sct in for melissa. first check of the accuweather forecast, hey, ces.

>> walter, it's a beautiful night after a gorgeous day. current temperature in philadelphia, 72. if you're out and about this saturday night you may want a jacket or sweater in some areas. allentown 6 4 trenton 70. dover 67,a sea isle city 70 and millville cool, dropped down to 59, poconos in the 50s. poconos overnight low will dop to the upper 40s. dew point which measure moisture in the air extremely low. in the 50s today. whenever you have dew points below 60 it's comfortable air mass. not much moisture in the air and still with the comfortable air mass tomorrow. satellite 6 and action radar showing moisture from what is left of arthur is well away over halifax. high pressure is behind us. it is on the move. we have a warmup as we head torlly next week. tonight, though, we stay with that comfortably cool weather. clear skies. great night to open the window

and let the breeze blow in. allentown 55 the low and philadelphia 64 and wilmington 6 1 and boardwalk in accuweather 62. however there is warm air, some hot air waiting in the wings. this marked north dakota today 96 and wivrp taw and dallas in 90s. that air mass is moving our way. i'll talk about a heat wave on the way in the full accuweather 7-day forecast. >> thank you, cecily. folks down the shore were rained out of festivities yesterday and were served up a treat tonight. everybody was out enjoying the gorgeous weather. >> we came down this morning and just having a blast with kids. my daughter, wife, and little one. we enjoyed it 17 years we come to ocean city and love it and love the fact the family is together. >> it's been an awesome weekend.

weather is great. great crowds at the shore and looking forward to the fireworks. >> speaking of those fireworks it was impressive over sand and sea. perfect toned perfect saturday on 4th of july weekend. >> meantime the holiday weekend festivities were in full swaing long the camden water front today. thousands enjoyed, food, fun and family during the freedom festival. there were mreptstive games for the kids and shade for adults that needed a break. plus a beatles cover band held a free concert. and the local girl who served as inspiration for national or organ transplant policy change celebrated american independence today. sarah murnaghan served as grand marshall in newtown square. the 11-year-old is doing well thanks to a lung transplant that her family fought for in court. she road on the back of a convertible as you see there leading a caravan of festive float through her hometown

celebration. >> coverage continues on the 6abc news app. we have photos and video from 4th of july celebration as cross the region and updated list of local fire work displays. be sure to check out accuweather and stormtracker 6 throughout the weekend for updates. >> much more to come on "action news" including the latest on a rare attack after a man swimming up the waters of southern california finds himself jaws of great white shavrjt also incredible video as yet another bounce house goes airborne raising concerns about their safety. and police officers serve communities and in this case, that meant going the extra mile for a few fatherered friends in montgomery county and reaction after nerlens noel hit the court for the first time as a sixer. jeff skversky has that and more a sixer. jeff skversky has that and more in sports. stay tuned.

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>> a rare shark attack off a popular beach southern california a 7 foot long great white shark bit a mana long manhattan beach. a fisherman hook the shark and spent a half hour trying to reel him in. the shark became agitated and a group of people were swimming nearby. a witness explains what happened next. >> the shark jumped in front of the swimmers. and then we started hearing like screaming like loud noise, help, or whatever i'm bit something like that we thought hi was

joking this area never had a shark attack. >> the victim was hospitalized with punch tour wounds. a full report at 11:30. >> 4th of july celebration took scary turn when inflatable slide went airborne this in nevada. witnesses say powerful wind gusts lifted the play house 300 feet above the trees knocking over lampp posts and everything in the path. nobody was inside the device at the time and there are reports of two people hurt by flying debris. 11 people killed when an airplane crashed in southern poland in morning. it burst into flames after fell back to earth shortly after takeoff. pilot and parachutes went for training. two were killed before the fire erupted. nine bodies were recovered. the survivor is conscious and treated for multiple broken bones. a man reported to be notorious leader of sew called

isis terrorist organization surfaced with a message for followers. this shows him leading prayers at the great mosque in months lump he urged people at the gathering to wage a war during ramadan. his appearance comes as isis occupies regions recently invade. it stretch from alepa in syria and d ayala in iraq. hurricane arthur swepts up the east coast. up to 8" of rain in six hours. homes were flooded and basements were filled with storm water and debris. when arthur came it packed wins of 100 miles an hours and tore roofs off homes and tossed trailers like match box cars.

>> if last night's fire work display over the art museum was not enough penn's landing was aglow tonight. vibrant color core graphed to music. there was not a cloud in the sky. meteorologist cecily tynan in

for melissa. what a perfect weekend. >> he we started with rain on the 4th yesterday morning and cleared up in time for last night and the rest of the weekend is beautiful. >> thank you for bringing sglat my pleasure, walter. >> she has that power. >> no, i don't. don't blame me for the bad stuff give me credit for the good. >> stormtracker 6 live showing dry conditions out there. and the action cam was on penn's landing taking a look at "u.s.s. new jersey" on independence day weekend good weekend to remember those who sacrifice odd so we can have the freedoms and enjoy the weekend. temperatures on the cool side. nice for july. morning low 64 degrees. 5 below normal. afternoon high 83. 4 degrees below normal. it can get hot on the 5th of july record setback in 1999. right now it feels good out there. philadelphia, 72. allentown 64. reading 66. millville dropped down to 59.

sea isle city 70. dew points in the 50s all the way through tomorrow dew points should be below 60 degrees. that means we'll be at comfortable humidity levels. enjoy. it it will not be staying that way much longer. satellite 6 and action radar showing we have high pressure in control of weather. this high pressure sinks down south and east this low pressure near chicago moves over canada and this means our flow will be shifting out of the southwest. tapping into some warmer air. memphis, 86. dallas the high today 93. well one more day in the 80s before this high pressure becomes classic bermuda high. that means monday, tuesday, wednesday of next week temperatures to the 90s. it gets humid and we'll see late-day thunderstorms developing especially tuesday and wednesday. moral of this forecast enjoy tomorrow. it will be beautiful. timing out the day at 8:00.

70. lots of sunshine. 11:00, 80. 2:00, 85, by 5:00, 87. few, thin clouds filtering in as we head through the day. 62 at the shore. not a risk of rip current like today but still listen to the lifeguards. plenty of sunshine. warmer, 81. poconos overnight lows dropping down to upper 40s. afternoon high comfortable, 78 degrees with plenty of sunshine tomorrow. enjoy the mountains it will be beautiful. the call from accuweather clear skies, cool, 67 to 64 great night to open the window and let the breeze blow in. the exclusive accuweather forecast 7 day forecast. humidity low. 87. heat is on. monday, 94 degrees. it will be humid. perhaps late-day thunderstorms north and west of philadelphia. tuesday, team badge, 96 will feel like 100. thunderstorms late in the day and fwens we hit 91 wednesday this will officially make it

heat wave number two. wednesday nights a cold front blasts through bringing us round of storms and behind that thursday lingering spotty showers and cools off a bit 88 degrees. the heat wave will be over. friday mostly sunny 86 and saturday sunny and warmer with high of 89 degrees. so tomorrow will be beautiful before the heat returns on monday. yet another gorgeous weekend. we had a string of them this summer. >> no question. >> this is number 8 or something like that. >> i lost count. >> i have to work anyway. >> sorry. >> emergency crews in cheltenham helped tiny animals stuck in a precarious position. ducks got caught easton road and cheltenham avenue. conservation officer as you can see there hopped into the underground pipe and pulled 8 baby ducks to safety. mama was nearby and heard the ducklings cry and the happy reunion took place a short time later. jeff joins us with sports and

place a short time later. jeff joins us with sports and first tonight's powerball

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against the pirates. phils season continues to go down the river inform pittsburgh today. another first inning. david buchanan gifts up two-run homer to andrew mccutchen. one team in baseball has loued more runs in baseball. phils fall behind 3-0. marlin bird, bye-bye birdie. phils get within 1. doesn't lead them to a win. a strikeout to end it. phils lose 3-2. twelfth loss in last 15 games. season low 13 under five hundred. wow. summer league basketball. whatever. that's probably how most people feel about it. but nerlens norel is not one of them. sixers center has been looking forward to this game for the last year and a half. noel playing the first game of any kind since tearing his left acl. former first round pick makes quite the first impression.

15 seconds into the game. there you go. first basket of the game. orlando. noel admits he was nervous. he doesn't look. it game high 19 points in 26 minutes later in the first basket. be careful with the knee there. noel impressive. hopefully a sign of things to come in the regular season. nerlens how did it feel to finally play. >> it's fine. i have to work on my stamina a bit so i can continue to work at the high level i was playing at that will come with a few more games. it's been 18 months a long, patient wait and i was out last season it was tough hi to be patient and learn and watch other guys in the league. >> not all good news out of orlando tonight. sixers lose and they also lose guard pierre jackson to a torn right achilles. >> how about this six are leading can diets acquire jeremy wen. leading can diets acquire jeremy wen. rockets guard is on trading

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