students had to evacuate the school after becoming ill from fumes, the problem was the nearby paulsboro refinery. sara bloomquist is live from the nearby medical center. >> reporter: students and staff members were treated and released and they had walk-ins this afternoon and those people are being evacuated right now, they got sick from an odor described as rotten eggs coming from a refinery located next door to the high school. students and staff smelled a foul odor here all week and this morning some started to feel sick. most kids i saw were putting their heads down and having stomach aches and headaches from the smell. students were transported to the medical center in woodbury and

their parents rushed to be with them. >> her nose is burning and she told me she has headaches and is dizzy and doesn't feel well as all and her eyes are burning. >> this school sits adjacent to the refinery and monday morning a vapor leak was detected in a tank something called napka and air quality testing was being done and a refinery spokesperson says at no point were carbons detected. when the students started to feel ill the emergency management came out to test the air again. >> they said the levels were there and we closed. >> the school was aired out and the building deemed safe by the afternoon. the refinery is cleaning the

tank and the hope is that the smell will be gone by tomorrow morning. >> we'll monitor the building tomorrow morning and make a decision sfl they will go in at 4:30 tomorrow morning and monitor the air quality, if there detectible sustained levels of dangerous chemicals the school will not open tomorrow. live in woodbury i'm sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. word has come that police have found the body of 26-year-old erica kripin in sikesville, maryland she went missing on new years eve but deputies were able to fine her using the gps from her alleged killer. >> reporter: fascinating story the search for erica's body is going on for months and law

enforcement focused on an every day technology, a gps device but apparently it records where it has been and that was a big break. >> yesterday at approximately 12:12 p.m. the body of erica kripin was discovered in sikesville maryland. >> that discovery, 140 miles from her home turns on an every day gps device. >> the kind you and i can go "electronics store and buy it was a garmin. >> it's believed she was killed december 31st and her husband was arrested on january 12th this red ford that crosby was driving had a gps and had a memory of where the car stopped in the prior days and it showed crosby went to rural money and

marked two locations one he marked as idk which took as i don't know and the second one was maybe. >> in the end erica's body was found at a third location a few miles away by a tree in a rural location the address was also in the gps, it shows two visits to the same gps coordinates where she was founds. >> her loved one reacted to the news and the cousin focused her air on her alleged killer. >> who gave you the right? he is an animal. >> kyle crosby is 28 years old and he remains in the county jail his bail set at $1 million. >> thank you john. police are questioning a

person in connection with the murder in overbrook in philadelphia. 51-year-old james still man was walking his dog last thursday night when he was shot in the chest and killed. this happened in the 64 hundred block of wood crest avenue, police questioned two other men and they have since been released but one man remains in police custody at this hour. >> a winter like chill be strong winds kept people bundled up in philadelphia and believe it or not there is snow in the forecast. or at least that is what meteorologist, cecily tynan is saying unless this is a cruel joke of yours. >> jim i never joke about the weather, it's very serious but it seems like mother nature is pulling a fast one on us yesterday at lunch time it felt like spring we reached a high of 68 degrees and today 48 and

wind gusts of close to 40 miles per hour, and the windchill across the board in the 30s. so cold air is in place that is one ingredient, if you want snow and another ingredient is moisture stormtracker 6 live double scan showing low pressure near dallas texas is moving up to the north and east and transferring its energy to a coastal low and that brings us snow on friday future tracker showing that it looks like the snow is moving in after the morning commute and it will be here and be steady in the early afternoon and evening you can see how the bulk of this will fall as snow. one thing you have to consider is this is not january, this is march, how much snow depends on elevation, it's falling during the day and it has to fight the high march sun angle, that is a factor when have you all the clouds the roads are wet and slushy and the highest accumulation is on grassy surfaces, i'll talk about how

much snow you can expect in the spring in the full accuweather forecast. with the prospect of snow we want to remind you to join the action, if you see snow or breaking news, email your photographs and video to jointheaction@6abc.com, or use the #6abcaction on social media. authorities are still trying to figure out what sparked a four alarm fire yesterday on academy road in northeast philadelphia there have been flair-ups today even while crews have begun demolition. david henry is live at the scene less we forget, residents of 116 apartments have lost their homes and everything in them. >> reporter: yes, a real tough day for the residents jim, there is not much less to safe here so they have started demolishing what is left of the building the residents ran for their lives last night and now everything is gone, and they have nothing to come home to.

>> i can see my things burning, all of my things. nothing you can do. >> start again. >> heart broken residents watched helplessly for hours as their belongings when up in flames, it started at 4:45 yesterday afternoon firefighter had a fierce battle on their hands, strong winds whipped the fire in a raging inferno, it went to four alarms and five people suffered minor injuries as residents fled to the safety of a nearby church. scary situation for everybody but i'm happy that everybody got out alive. >> martha and her mother in law were visiting a relative in a fourth floor apartment. >> it was awful they lost everything absolutely everything. there is nothing left, not even the back of the building anymore. >> the fire ranged for more than three hours shutting down the

ramps to 95 for hours and residents boarded buses and were take and to a red cross shelter at lincoln high school and about 60 of them spent the night here and the red cross is putting some of them in hotels tonight and they are getting help from neighbors and strangers they are dropping off clothes and food at. >> it shows love. >> the fire originated at a basement utility room how it got started remains a history, fire investigators and agents from atf are here all day searching for clues david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. it was a crack down on dead beat dads today in montgomery county sheriff's deputies rounded up nine men, in total the suspects owe more than

$108,000 in unpaid child support, there were some that evaded arrest today can you find out more about that and today's operation at 6abc.com. coming up tonight, a conshohocken police officer is hurt after an accidental shooting involving his own weapon and jeff skversky is live in pittsburgh as villanova gets ready to face lafayette in round one of the the ncaa tournament. cecily tynan is back with more on the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

the conshohocken police officer accidentally shot himself in the leg this afternoon trying to put his gun back into its holster, the plymouth township police station

while he was processing a priss more is he in stable condition. students suffered minor injuries in a school bus accident this morning, two other vehicles were involved in the crash with west hampton. philadelphia democratic mayoral candidate picked up a big endorsement today. the afl gave their support they are made up of over 100 unions representing 130,000 people. the delaware river port authority board of commissioners has six new members all appointed by governor tom wolf

were sworn in today. and the plan to reopen the long shuttered patco square station at 6th and race in philadelphia.

i assume you have your bracket ready? >> yes it's not here, lock and key jim. >> lock and key? as if anyone wants to see it. >> i may post it on twitter later. do you follow me on twitter?

the heavy favorite over the little, villanova and lafayette is less than 24 hours away from their ncaa match-up. jeff is live with the preview. >> villanova feels that losing last year to the national champion the uconn huskies helped them this year, they are not taking this lightly, they mean business the villanova wildcats getting ready to play lafayette. hopefully they have as much luck in this building as the flyers have had. it doesn't look like they need luck, they won 32, include 15 straight, having said that being a number one seed is pressure. >> knowing in the years of this tournament, anything can happen and we are the kind of the team

that we could beat anybody, we really could but we are not super talented that we couldn't lose tomorrow. >> wow. so lafayette how about these guys, they had an early wake-up call on the court at 9:30, the first of to workouts today after all lafayette has a lot of work to do number one seeds are perfect against 16 seeds in this tournament. fran o'hanlon is a villanova hall-of-fame basketball player. >> 16 seed has never beaten a number 1 seed why do you have confidence in your team to make history against your former school. >> what i'm looking for is us to come out and compete i know that nobody is picking the leopards

to come out and beat the number one team. with a team like this, have you to get off to a good start and show people you can play in this game. we'll be ready for it. >> o'hanlon and jay wright did not want this match-up they are very good friends, jay wright calls this brutal having to go up against his good friend. >> jeff thank you. temple was left out of ncaa tournament and the owls begin their run in the nit against bucknell tonight. and the flyers in vancouver he scored to goals in the span of 17 seconds in the third period and the flyers lost 4-1 and they visitcal gary tomorrow. finally it's customary for the president to fill out a ncaa tournament bracket and jim would like to see it too. president obama like a local team.

>> this i think may be nova's year to get to the finals. >> he has nova in the finals but the only problem is he has kentucky beating the cats in that championship game. good thing he is not seeking re-election around here. >> safe pick. safe pick. >> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment.

we are having fun with the forecasts of snow, but it's not that unusual to have snow this time of year. last year we had snow in april and the last measurable snow was

may 8th back in the 1800s march snow is not that unusual. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have clear conditions out there tonight. and we are live on sky 6 hd this is a beautiful shot in cape may showing that you have the beach to yourself today. another 30 to 35 degrees and today would be a beautiful beach day but temperatures make it feel like it's still winter which it is. 45 in philadelphia today yes's high 68 and millville 44 and trenton 44 and wilmington 44 winds are gusting close to 40 miles per hour today. 34 in trenton and winds diminish tonight and under clear skies it's another clear night with overnight lows in the 20s.

satellite 6 along with action radar showing not a cloud in the sky here, however what i am tracking is low pressure over texas and this low pressure transfers to a coastal low, and this brings us messy weather for the last day of winter. high pressure to the north this supplies a fresh injection of arctic air cold air is in place and you need that for snow and that low pressure will transfer it's energy to a coastal low. and that helps to bring us moisture to the atlantic and it provides lift and also produces the snow. future tracker showing the good news is morning commute on friday looks okay and the moisture will be waiting until after the morning commute, mid to late morning, primarily in the form of snow, snowing around lunch time and gets heavier and steadier into the afternoon so

calling it slush hour. by then the rain will be making its way to philadelphia, still all wet snow to the north and it moves out on friday night. what are we talking about if this were january it would be a major snow storm fighting a high march sun angle so generally no accumulation in far southern new jersey and delaware and a quick change over to rain, northern delaware and new jersey 1 to 3 slushy inches primarily on grassy surfaces northwest suburbs 3 to 6 inches and the lehigh valley could be getting slippery and temperatures there stay at the freezing point and the poconos could stay with snow. the exclusive accuweather forecast, high clouds move in tomorrow, 46 degrees on friday and the wet snow gradually changing to rain, when spring

officially arrives at 5:45 and the first day of spring looking nice miler and 55 degrees and the cold air make a come back on sunday and monday it stayed cold 44 and tuesday increasing clouds and 48 degrees and on wednesday finally temperatures back up close to normal with an afternoon high of 52 degrees, our first snowfall map, we'll have an update on "action news" at 11:00 a burlington county high school student is honored for his compassion and service, a.j. mattea is the top youth volunteer in the spiritual community awards and created a fundraiser that grants wishes to young patients and sits on the board at childrens hospital and finds time for his studies at

delran and he get a cash prize and a trip to washington d.c. abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6, and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff shirleen allicot and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 on channel 6. for cecily tynan and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner we hope you join us at 11:00.

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