and were taken to the hospital. police did order evacuations in certain residential areas. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist is as close to the scene as she is being allowed. sarah, what is the update there? >> reporter: well, jim neighbors are now back in their homes as work gets under way to remove the wreckage from this tanker that was carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline. it was up there on that on-ramp and they are -- you can see it's getting a little dark now but you can see the trucks up there. they just lifted up part of the charred remains of the tapping up off the road and carted that away. we're just off wyndam road and the off-ramp borders the backyards here in this neighborhood and that's right where this tanker overturned sending smoke and flames up into the air. the tanker carrying 8,000 gallons of fuel overturned and exploded in flames around 11 o'clock this morning on the off-ramp from route 90 to route 130 in pennsauken.

neighbors heard a series of explosions. >> well, it was heck of a way to wake up, i tell you what. so i'm in that building right there and i hear explosions, like five or explosions. >> reporter: somehow the driver escaped from the cab of the tanker. the flames raged for about an hour melting pavement, guardrails burning the nearby hillside and absolutely incinerating the tanker itself. >> so, i go up to the window and i look and i look across the way and there's like a towering inferno of smoke and everything, so i watched it until they finally evacuated us. >> reporter: plumes of thick black smoke billowed across the residential streets as neighbors fled from their homes. one firefighter was transported to the hospital for indisclosed injuries. neighbors say it's not the first time a truck has overturned on this ramp. >> that's not the first time trucks turn over on that off ramp all the time coming around there. >> reporter: crews pumped out the remaining 200 gallons of gas left in the tanker after the fire. by 5 o'clock with the metal

cooled they began to remove the wreckage piece by piece a process expected to take hours now, work is under way to clear the wreckage. as you look back live according to the krpa, the delaware river port authority this ramp is closed ind there are environmental and engineering studies to be done and an official with the camden county emergency management tells us there is ground contamination. the ground is contaminated with gasoline and the guardrail is damaged. they have been monitoring the air quality and so far all levels are normal. live in pennsauken, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." jim. >> a lot of work to do there. we have been covering this fiery crash all day on 6abc.com. right now you can get a look at photographs and video of the fire from chopper chopper 6 the action cam and from you our "action news" viewers who have been taking pictures and video. just find the latest developments any time at

6abc.com. a love triangle on twosome drive in moorestown, new jersey, this morning ended in the death of a man from philadelphia. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at the scene of an attempted murder-suicide. chad what are the details on this? >> reporter: jim, the company is called shields business solutions and this attempted murder suicide happened shortly after 7:00 a.m. moorestown police say edgar figueroa pulled out a gun shot his coworker then turned the gun on himself. if not for a split seconds decision melvin nieves may be dead. instead he's at cooper hospital where he was flown after the workplace shooting. police say just after 7:00 a.m. nieves and edgar figueroa were getting ready to begin their shift at shields business solutions when figueroa opened fire on his coworker striking himself times. >> we're being told by witnesses that mr. figueroa came up behind him as they were leaving the building and

actually tried to shoot him in the head and he jerked and that bullet grazed him. >> reporter: figueroa followed and killed himself in the rear of the property. sources say the shooting was the result of a love triangle. shields business solutions provides atm and armored car services. the company released a statement that reads in part an unspeakable tragedy unfolded here this morning and first and foremost we would like the families of those involved to know that our thoughts and prayers are with them. police sane nieves was not armed when figueroa allegedly shot him. the company says it has provide add grief counselor for employees. police say many of the security officers at shields supply their own personal weapons for protection on the job but what sort of background check is conducted is unclear. >> we've dealt with shields in the past and they're definitely an upstanding company and they do their due

dill judgments at last check the victim remained in critical condition at cooper hospital. i'm live in moorestown, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you chad. it has been another chilly and wind whipped day in the tri-state area. but now get set for plunging temperatures. accuweather says philadelphia's headed down to 3 degrees overnight with some other locations expected to reach zero. meteorologist cecily tynan is live at the "action news" big board and cecily yet more frigid weather which can't be good for people with recently reconstructed knees. welcome back. >> thank you. it's nice to be back. i can forecast the weather with this knee right now and it says it is going to be cold. already 23 degrees in philadelphia. if you look way up to the north, though, ottawa, quebec, caribou, below zero and this air mass is moving down from the north in the overnight hours and a lot of areas will likely be setting record lows. right now you factor in the winds. the wind chill makes it feel like nine in philadelphia, feels like five in trenton

three in reading. the wind chill has already dropped down to 1 degree below zero in allentown and seven below in the poconos and we will have the winds with us through the evening. so, if you're heading out tonight, you definitely do want to bundle up between about 7 o'clock and 1 o'clock in the morning the wind chill around philadelphia and areas to the south down to zero to 5 degrees below zero. the immediate suburbs it will feel like five to 10 degrees below zero with the wind chill and the northern lehigh valley and the poconos the wind chill dropping as low as 15 degrees below zero. the good news is overnight the winds will be easing off but the combination of the light winds, the clear skies and the fresh snow pack means that temperatures will be plummeting. philadelphia 3 degrees, the record low for tonight 2 degrees set back in 1889 so it's going to be close and many of our northwest suburbs temperatures below zero with new records. i'll talk about when to expect a warmup in the full accuweather 7-day forecast. jim. >> we need to brace for low

temperatures. >> that's another good one. >> thank you cecily. before you bundle up be sure to check the 6abc storm tracker app. both the hourly and seven-day forecasts are there to help you get ready for these frigid temperatures. it began with a domestic dispute in whitehall township and ended with police fatally shooting a suspect in al town live at state police in bethlehem is "action news" reporter john rawlins. john, you've got the full story. >> reporter: jim, this started about 3 o'clock this morning. two crime scenes, three or 4 miles apart. and a police pursuit for at least some of that distance. the police chase ended with the suspect's black suv pinned against a fence in a snow bank. police say the driver jerome nichols ran. >> the officer attempted to take him into custody and he fled. the officers pursued. pd deployed a taser without effect. >> reporter: dash cam video

caught the suspect attacking a officer with a kitchen knife. >> it's pretty clear to me that the officer was under attack with a large knife. he was stabbed multiple times. certainly under those circumstances the force that was utilize is there in my opinion justifiable. >> reporter: the stabbed observe, a five year veteran was hospitalized with wounds to his shoulder. >> he had some surgery to control some bleeding but he is -- i spoke with him afterwards. i was at his room and he's in good spirits. >> reporter: minutes before the police confrontation it's believed nichols entered this twin home miles away and established his former girlfriend. neighbor jennifer brown lives next door. >> i heard a lot of screaming help me, help me, some banging on the floor. so, i instantly went over to the wall and banged on the wall and said i'm calling 911. >> reporter: brown went outside the victim had pushed out this screen and was shouting for help from an

upper window. >> she had said that he was in the house and that he had stabbed her. >> reporter: by then nichols had fled the house and that set up for the confrontation with the police. neighbors say that nichols and the female victim had been a couple for several years but that she had ended the relationship a few weeks ago. live in bethlehem, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." >> thank you, john. only "action news" was in bucks county this afternoon as two burglary suspects walked out of their first court appearance. police say james towns and nashir williams got into mike's gun shop in tullytown by breaking through the roof at 2:30 this morning. the security system alerted authorities. that set off a seven-hour standoff. one tried to escape through the ventilation system but was caught in a pizza shop next door. both suspects face charges of burglary.

coming up on "action news" tonight, demolition begins on a building damaged by fire and ice in west philadelphia. >> ruben amaro's apology to ryan howard, plus potential locker room issues for the phillies. that and much more coming up in sports. >> cecily tynan back with the accuweather forecast when "action news" continues tonight

>> work is under way to bring down the building in west philadelphia that was encased in ice after an intense fire fight. the building at 52nd and locust caught fire a week ago. the frigid temperatures left behind a heavy layer of ice on

the already compromised building. parts of 52nd and locust will be closed for at least a week as demolition continues. sidewalks in the area will be closed for at least three weeks time. one of new jersey's most infamous prison inmates has died of respiratory failure. word came today that robert marshall died saturday at south woods state prison in bridgeton. marshall of toms river was convicted in 1986 of hiring a hit man to murder his wife for her $1.5 million insurance policy. the story was the inspiration for the book and television movie blind faith. opponents of new jersey's park test marked a victory today in trenton. the state assembly approved a bill limits the scope of the standardized test for three years starting this is fall. the measure bars educators from using the assessments to determine student's placement in advance programs or use it as a graduation requirement. it's argued teachers spends

too much class time preparing for the test. a proposal to privatize liquor sales in pennsylvania moves ahead. the proposal would create 1200 licenses to private businesses to sell wine and liquor. grocery stores would be able to sell wine not liquor. about 100 of the 600 government owned and operated stores would gradually close. the bill is similar to legislation that stalled in the senate last year. teenagers learned the ropes of city government today at philadelphia's city hall. mayor michael nutter kicked off the 45th annual lockheed martin pal day this morning. 18 high schoolers took the oath of office and then spent the day shad going senior level city officials. 6abc president and general manager showed his support at the ceremony today.

>> everybody is in camp ready to get to work. >> lots to talk about with this phillies too. phillies will hold their first full squad workout tomorrow. today the media tried to pull a full court press on ryan howard. jeff skversky in clearwater with more on ryan and his relationship with management. jeff. >> reporter: deucis on his first day here in phillies camp ryan howard says he feels great he chatted it up with phillies fans signed some autographs. manager ryne sandberg says his first baseman is in good spirits after a long talk. of course howard had quite the off season trade rumors and harsh comments from his general manager. a big hug for the big piece. ryan howard among the remaining veterans to report to phillies spring training today. general manager ruben amaro recently had a heart to heart with howard after saying this winter the phils would be better off without him. >> i talked to ryan about it and i've apologized to him because frankly that was more of a private statement.

>> i feel great. >> reporter: howard is short and sweet today. he tells 6abc he wants his play to do the talking. chase utley expects the first baseman to bounce back after leading the majors in strikeouts last year. >> ryan is very good, a very good guy and a great baseball player. he's -- i can't even count the number of times over the years that he has literally, you know picked us all up, put us on his back and took us to the finish line. >> reporter: for utley and the phils to have a better finish this year guys believe they need to have a better locker room. >> i want to make sure that my teammates are on the same page as me, you know, 'cause the last few years a lot of us haven't been on the same page. >> we all can do a better job of being a little bit more vocal. there's times where you wants to pat a guy on the butt, times you want to yell at a guy and times you just want to leave a guy alone. >> reporter: taking extra bases running out ground balls an issue according to dom

brown but chase utley says he still believes in this teen he will be more vocal this year without jimmy rollins here. we're live in clearwater tonight, jeff skversky channel6 "action news." >> jeff thank you so much. nate allen is in the clear. the state's attorney office in florida says the eagles safety could not have been the person who exposed himself to a 16-year-old girl in fort myers last week. expect to see more of rob zepp in net for the flyers. emery is day to day with a lower body injury. the flyers have been playing well lately. a month ago they were 13 points out of a playoff spot. today just four points. >> we had to go game by game and just worry about our game. we'll start winning game. that's what we're doing right now but i think we still have some things to look at and get better but we're a young team, we got lots to learn and we want to learn so we got to keep going. >> sixers are in miami to face the heat. lucky them. it's game two of their three

game road trip. sixers lost last night in orlando 103-98. isaiah cannon made his sixers debut. point guard acquired last week in houston in that kj mcdaniels trade. former penn football coach al bagnoly's retirement not long. he has been hired by columbia to be its football coach. while the debate continues over the youthfulness of the nfl combine. the yukon defensive back set a record with a broad jump of 12.3-inches. he displayed a 44 and a half inch vertical leap. i don't know how that will help him cover receivers but it's still a very impressive. >> pretty good start. >> coming up on "action news" cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >> ♪♪

>> going back into the deep freeze, actually the subzero deep freeze. >> yes at least this cold shot doesn't come with snow. it will be clear tonight but it's going to be brutally cold. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there tonight and the accuweather highlights will show you that first of all, we had a lot of beautiful sunset this evening. this photo was sent to me by rich from delran, new jersey and just enough cloud cover to really reflect the longer wave lengths of light, the red and the orange. you can also see that snow pack on the ground. this cloud cover, though any clouds tonight will be clearing out. the winds will be diminishing and this will lead the way for record cold. philadelphia probably not a record forecasting a low of 3 degrees. the record two set way back in

1889 but allentown 6 degrees below zero, that will be a new record. reading five below. wilmington three and atlantic city airport likely tying a record low of 2 degrees. right now 23 degrees in philadelphia. allentown already down to 14. trenton 18. millville 25. and reading 17 degrees. compare this to yesterday. yesterday's high 47 degrees. that felt really nice. it's 1 degree above normal. we're 18 degrees cooler in philadelphia than this time yesterday. 23 degrees cooler in allentown than this time yesterday so big changes. satellite6 along with action radar showing cold front has moved off the coast. we have winds right now out of the northwest and that is creating a wind chill factor. the current wind chill right now about 5 degrees in philadelphia, by 10 o'clock tonight, down to 2 degrees below in philadelphia. five below in allentown and reading and 18 degrees below zero in the poconos where we do have a wind chill advisory in effect. so definitely bundle up tonight. the good news is for your morning commute for the bus stop the winds will be light.

however, with clear skies that snow pack and the light winds temperatures are going to be very cold. 6 o'clock in the morning 3 degrees. 8 o'clock 5 degrees. but definitely bundle up the kids as they head to the bus stop. through the day tomorrow despite a good amount of sunshine with high pressure it will stay arc tunnel the high only 24 degrees. ahead of this cold front we'll get winds out of the west-southwest for a brief time. that means it won't be that bad. 38 degrees, mix of sun and clouds. it will get breezy behind that cold front though we have another shot of arctic air that will be moving in on thursday and friday. staying cold right through the end of the movement the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, tomorrow after some record cold in the morning the afternoon high only 24 degrees. lots of sunshine, no wind so really not a big wind chill factor in the afternoon but it's going to be cold. on wednesday temperatures rebound up to 38 degrees. the winds will pick up, increasing clouds. that next front could bring a few flurries or maybe a brief

snow shower wednesday night and behind this system on thursday back into the deep freeze. mostly cloudy, 26 degrees. on friday, it's only 26. that's 21 degrees below normal and saturday the last day of february, february is ending like really most of the month. temperatures once again below normal. lots of sunshine. 31 degrees. that's 16 degrees below normal. on sunday, hello march. start the day with some sunshine, increasing clouds. i think it's coming in a little bit like a lamb with a high of 40 degrees. should be dry during the day on sunday but sunday night and monday some rain moves in. could be a little bit of freezing early on monday morning but in the afternoon high up to 46 degrees so that will be a rain event not a snow event. nice to have march on the way. try to get as close as i can. >> nice to have you. >> nice to be back, thank you. >> finally a philadelphia coffee company is making it easier for for high school stories find a way to pay for college.

saxby's gave free scholly memberships to seniors. scholly is the brainchild of drexel senior christopher gray featured on shark tank. the mobile app connects students with potential scholarships. these seniors started searching right weigh. abc's world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff shirleen allicott, adam joseph and ducis rodgers. please join us for "action news" after 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00. >> ♪♪

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