road closure will be re-evaluated at 6:00 p.m. and it looks like firefighters are getting a handle on this blaze and that road may reopen at 6:00 p.m., 710 acres have burned so far and that was after getting briefed 10 minutes ago and we are told there is no containment. it seems firefighters are getting a handle and the burn right now is not threatening structures. there are concerns about evacuations and they have warned the residents that the fire is approaching and there has been no evacuations ordered and none are expected. the new jersey forest service is attacking this fire from the ground and from above they are using helicopters and airplanes to dump water on the blaze and using the tractors and trucks to build a trench around it. the warden says the real handle to get a handle on this fire is the backfires, the intentionally

set fires to make sure this doesn't advance. >> we go to all the fire lines and burn it out and try some aerial ignition later in the center of the fire to try and get everything burned out. so the fire cannot make a run at the fire line any longer. >> and the fire warden tells us that the cause of the fire is still under investigation, he says it's too early in the investigation to determine cause, route 206 remains shut down to route 30 and that will be re-evaluated here in the next 10 to 15 minutes and conditions are dry and the wind is low, and it appears that the firefighters are getting a handle on this blaze. i'm live in the wharton state forest, chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. lets switch live to meteorologist, cecily tynan at

the "action news" big board cecily chad referred to it you referred to dangerously dry conditions conducive to what is going on today in burlington county. >> reporter: that is exactly right jim we desperately need the rain, in the past 16 days we received less than a quarter inch of rain and some areas are dry and the humidity is low and the sun angle in may is very high. that sun on a day like today could dry out leaves and branches and cause them to really become kindling to a fire stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing what chad has been saying, we had a broad view of the smoke particles this is not rain, and they are detecting the smoke particles in the air there is atsign road and the debris cloud. the winds are not strong and they are not moving along much and that is good news for

firefighters the winds calm and we need the rain and i have a little bit on the way we'll talk about that in the accuweather forecast. other news at this hour a 12-year-old boy is stabbed during a fight that involved up to 100 children in philadelphia it broke out at 4:00 in the mcelvain playground, frank ford high school and one other school, police say that the suspect is a teenage girl, the victim was taken to saint christophers hospital. an international cocaine trafficking ring has tied to delaware valley the coke brought in from costa rica was warehoused in western pennsylvania and the pizzeria was the center of the drug ring and they were then shipped to europe and the fbi says that

this is further evidence that the top crime syndicate has expanded from their new york crime families. we told you last night about the escape of a prisoner being transported to philadelphia. there are developments including the fact that he is the brother of someone in the news before. live at southwest detectives, is "action news" reporter david henry. >> he should be considered armed and dangerous and on the run and today his family made contact with him and trying to get him to turn himself in. >> our goal today is to surrender him to the police to make sure he is safe. >> former traffic court judge willy singletary who begins a prison term himself is talking

about his younger brother. he was being returned to philadelphia by a private transport company within the car stopped at 66th and osage he bolted with his hands cuffed in front of him, police alerted the public to be on the lookout, he is wanted? a string of robberies and home invasions, i don't think he is armed and dangerous, just a 16-year-old boy whose birthday is today who happens to be scared. >> singletariy thread to florida where he was arrested and flown back. the longer is out there the worse things will get for him. >> i can see he is scared trust in the police department and trust in family and trust in friends, nothing is going to happen to you turn yourself in the longer this goes on the more likely something will happen. >> they say he should turn

himself in for the sake of his family. >> most importantly he has to look out for his mother his mother is in that house. his mother's life and grandmother's life will be disrupted until we find him. >> singletary's family is working with him and a lawyer to make arrangements to safety turn himself in. but no sign yet. >> thank you david. a driver remains in the hospital and his passenger is on the run after this rollover crash in the tack onny section of philadelphia, the rollover crash happened in the 400 block. home surveillance video shows the vehicle rear end a parked car and roll and hit two other cars before coming to rest on its roof, the 22-year-old driver suffered head and neck and back injuries it shows a

passenger get out of car and run that person is still at large, philadelphia police have charged an 18-year-old in connection with that hit and run that critically injured a temple university student. police say that roberts struck rachel hall as she was riding her bike on diamond street in north philadelphia last week, police obtained surveillance video, and hall who had a learners permit and fled. >> prosecutors with the ocean county sheriff's department arrested the brick superintendant. he faces theft and misconduct charges, he approved a plan to give his granddaughter special treatment paid for by the district and it's estimated she

received $40,000 worth of special treatment. including day care and transportation. morgan allegedly engineered the scheme on his behalf. this afternoon the montgomery county district attorney's office honored several law enforcement officers for their service. 23 police officers from local departments from the county received commendations today three pennsylvania state troopers were recognized and each honor came with personal words from district attorney reece fuhrman. the dad vail regatta is tomorrow. the large of the collegiate rowing competition in the country. kelly drive is closed now until saturday at 6:00. 6 abc is off to the races

can you catch live coverage saturday here on channel 6 starting at 1:00 in the afternoon join matt o'donnell and karen rogers and erin o'hearn, for all the action on the schuylkill river. coming up tonight a delaware school cafeteria worker can thank her co-workers for saving her life. and the eagles ink the deal with their top pick nelson agholor. we hit 81 degrees if philadelphia and warmer air is waiting in the wings i'll let you know how hot it gets in the accuweather forecast. that and more within "action news" continues tonight.

teenagers at a chester county high school got a harsh lesson on drinking and driving today, a mock preprom crash was set up for seniors in the valley high school in malvern, it includes a fellow classmate who appears to be badly hurt and the students learned what it was like to be tested for dui. >> and seth williams deptised a few new recruits these students took an oath against bullying. williams was there to stress his anti-bullying and the impact it can have on fellow students.

a cafeteria worker at a wilmington school is a live tonight after quick thinking of her fellow worker, they knew

what to do when the woman suffered a heart attack. vernon odom has the story. >> linda burge is recovering after life saving surgery, she suffered a major heart attack at her job in the cafeteria at saint mark's high school. >> she was staring into space and i could not get her to sponds to me. >> cynthia avery was summoned and started the cpr process that led to burge's survival. >> it was obvious we had to start cpr right away, she was in that much trouble. >> they launched into a much practiced chain of survival. cpr is demonstrated here and called for the external defibrillator. they delivered a shock and more cpr and eventually the patient was conscious with good pulses

and breathing and the entire consequence took about 20 minutes. >> the outcome that we were able to bring someone back to life was a blessing. >> it was a particularly gratifying to see in that one moment that we didn't lose her. >> i am thankful, i have great family and friends. >> linda burge's story is wonderful news for her family and all of those involved here at saint marks but ems officials say it's still a public service jackpot as well. it shows the enormous benefits of cpr training for as many as possible even outside of the professional ranks. >> cpr works and the aed works. >> vernon odom channel 6 "action news." nelson aguilar is now in the fold. >> the eagles have sign four of their six draft picks the top

is nelson agholor, he signed a deal for $9.5 million and he is competing for a starting job and the eagles begin a mini camp tomorrow and they are branching on the future of their quarterback sam bradford he has not played since 2013 and you can thank two knee surgeries for that. is he limited in the mini camp but the eagles expect him to be ready in july. >> his name is becoming "if sam bradford" not sam bradford. you look at the tape you see the pure physical ability to show the football this is a tal ened young man with a great arm and nice anticipation and good pocket field and then the word if comes in play, because if he is healthy that we don't know, i don't have a crystal ball

here if he is healthy bradford is the real deal. >> lasean mccoy's comments he told espn that kelly got rid of all the black players the fastest. >> i am happy where i am at. lasean mccoy is one of my great friends and one of the best running backs in the league and i am one of the best in the league, why get rid of the best players on the team but it's their loss. >> the cowboys have landed the biggest post draft prize, collins signed a deal with dallas and was expected to be a first round pick but he went undrafted after police questioned him after the murder of his ex-girlfriend. he is expected to be fully

cleared. the phillies are off following their 3-7 road trip and they are home tomorrow to face the first place mets. ryan howard is heating up 6 for 12 and has his batting average up to .220. the go-ahead run was at the plate and the phillies lost 7-5. finally tonight it's four years since shaquille o'neil required from basketball. you know what they say the footwork is the last thing to go. >> get him kenny! >> whoa! >> kind of like jack tripper from three's company. shaq wipes out trying to walk off the set and that is 330 pounds hitting the floor of the set. it was like dick vandyke. >> you remember that? >> i do remember that. police in wilmington did extra community work today and

officers met with residents and handed out books to children on spruce street this afternoon and their efforts were part of the kindergarten reaching encouragement project. i'm lynne abraham. when i became philadelphia's da, child victims had to face a judge ...a jury...the public... and testify eye to eye with their attackers. it wasn't right. so i got a constitutional amendment passed

allowing children to testify remotely. i'm running for mayor for the same reason -- our children should come first. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i disagree. we have to improve education for all of our children.

kids from montgomery county school kicked it in for a good cause, they were off to the races in support of their catholic education the students for age kindergarten through eight ran or walked through a course outside of the school today and they got water to keep them cool. which was a good thing. >> a great day for a run but

temperatures in the 80s, we need the rain next week and we'll get a little bit of rain here is the scene center city skyline, bright sky and the sunsetting at 8:01, i want to compare this with sky 6 and cape may, it look like an entirely different world, with low clouds and wind off the ocean dealing with low clouds and fog all day at the shore. look at the temperature difference sea isle city, 54 degrees and inland philadelphia 79 and millville 73 and reading 79 and wilmington 74 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have a strong high pressure over us, and this is carving out a ridge and what this ridge will do is keep us dry and keep us warm right through the weekend into early next week. this is the system that stalled

to the south and if you see the swirling here the convection pulling up the storms tropical storm ana, high pressure like a brick wall, if you have plans to go to myrtle beach mothers day weekend, take the rain gear, the potential for 8 inches of rain right along myrtle beach the next three days, it's a concentrated system and only tossing a few clouds our way. the upper level pattern showing a blocking pattern the jet stream is concentrated over the plain states and that means a risk of more tornadoes in the same area that saw tornadoes last night and the risk continues into the weekend, in the meantime, the strong ridge and we get the wins from the south and that means temperatures running 10 to 15

degrees above average, right into monday and tuesday and ana is trapped down to the south and not bring us any rain. if you are heading to the dad vail regatta tomorrow pack the sunscreen and shorts it's warm at 8:00 and 64 degrees by noon 78 and by 4:00 84 degrees and temperatures are warming up even more as we head into sunday. the next 12 hours tonight, a comfortable night and a moonlit sky coming off a full moon open the windows and let the breeze blow in if you have allergies leave the window shut. 58 for center city, the exclusive accuweather forecast for friday, 85 and wall-to-wall sunshine and a warm day and low humidity and on saturday winds pick up out of the east and this brings in a few more clouds and justs trims off a couple of

degrees 82 on saturday but sunday very warm for mothers day 87 degrees, the warmest mothers day in 24 years, we keep the warmth on monday and add the humidity and we could have a few scattered thunderstorms, a high of 87 degrees and tuesday is when we get in a steam bath ahead of a cold front it will be very warm, the warmest day so far this year, humid and 88 degrees, the cold front brings us the chance of showers and thunderstorms and much needed rain by tuesday, behind the system another area of high pressure builds in and it will be dry and cooler. 76 degrees and thursday partly sunny and a high of 72 degrees, the only opportunity for rain is late on monday and a better chance on tuesday. >> thank you cecily. >> abc world news with david muir is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues on phl

17 at 10:00. and please join us at 11:00 here on channel 6 for an "action news" investigation, here is a preview of a pet warning for owners. >> i'm wendy saltzman we spoke with pet owners that said their dogs died that they bought at a national food chain. plus, what you need to look for to make sure your dog doesn't get sick. only on "action news" at 11:00. for cecily tynan and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team.

we have breaking news tonight. straight from the fbi. the terror threat. the fbi just now warning there are hundreds of isis followers here in the united states right now, being told to quote, kill kill americans. fresh off that deadly gun fire in texas. pierre thomas standing by. the scare in the sky tonight. the flight taking off from the south, headed to new york city. smoke filling the cabin. you can hear the alarms. the severe weather threat tonight. major storms. >> oh my god. we're getting hit so hard. >> deadly or the nay domes already. 48 reported twisters. firing back tonight. tom brady, his agent calling it a sting. his own father calling it framegate. and the intruder caught on video. the man following this middle school student home right into her house. she fights back and now, the