it's unclear why the two trolleys collided at 38th and lancaster. 42 people reported suffering from minor injuries. the two trolleys collided before 1:30 this afternoon at 38th and lancaster. the trolleys were traveling in close proximity when one rear ended the other. >> the one hit the back of the other. >> some neighbors heard the crash and came out to look. and had a huge response from fire, police and paramedics. >> i didn't this it was that deep until i stepped outside. the trolley is backed up and this is a main street. >> light controlled chaos i guess. the firemen and police they were all helping people. >> 46 people on the trolleys reported minor injuries bumps bruises and neck pain everyone including the operators went to the hospital for either injuries

or observations. >> my hat flew off and my glasses. and it hit me in the back of the neck. >> reporter: septa is trying to figure out why these two trolleys were traveling so close together. typically 10 and this time were back to back. i'm sara bloomquist." >> all right thank you. also developing right now, some people in manayunk are being told to shelter in place because of a hazmat situation, the fire department is on crescent street where a chemical is leaking from drums inside of a truck. "action news" is told that they are filled with potassium hydroxide used in household cleaners and it could be dangerous if ingested. so far no one is hurt. the man accused of the gruesome murder of his estranged wife was in front of a judge

this afternoon. jeremiah monell was arraigned on murder and related charges. gray hall was in the courtroom and spoke with the victim's family. gray what is the story? >> reporter: well brian, as you can imagine an emotional time for the victim's family they are happy that the suspect was capture and now hope the legal system will keep him behind bars. >> jeremiah monell is charged in the murder of his estranged wife, tara o'shea. his family members did not show up but the victim's family did and were clearly emotional. >> i want him buried underneath that jail. i mean i shouldn't say that on national tv but that is how i feel. and i'm done hiding what i feel. i want him buried underneath that jail. >> they say that o'shea was in an abusive relationship with

monell and last month he slit her throat inside of their cumberland county home. >> she cried for help desperately from the courts to come up and help her get out of the situation. >> monell spent two weeks on the run and a witness spotted him and troopers eventually arrested him in a wooded area along highway 322 and now her family is focused on the family she left behind. >> they are without their mother and father but their support system is great. not as good as mom and dad but we are here and ready to help. >> reporter: and back out live the next court appearance for monell will happen on monday morning. that is when the judge will determine if he will be released on bail or must remain locked up until trial. live in bridgeton, new jersey channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police are investigating the death of a man

found shot in holmesburg last night. his body was discovered in a bedroom. the man's 38-year-old girlfriend found him late last night. he had been shot in the head and investigators found neither a gun nor a note at the scene but have not ruled this a homicide. a fire at a well known lehigh valley business at times was still smoldering today. the flames broke out at 8:30 last night at the shuns greenhouse. firefighters from five surrounding counties were called in to help battle the flames and had to haul water to the scene using tanker trucks. it took about seven hours to get the fire under control and the state fire marshall is looking into the cause of the fire. time for a first check of the accuweather forecast. and it was nice out today. >> sunshine again, lets head outside to meteorologist, adam

joseph about how it feels and no big jacket for you today. >> reporter: beautiful. temperatures running way above average, 14 to 15 degrees above normal with the return of sunshine and changes are moving in. the temperatures will tumble through the rest of week and upcoming weekend. today's high 54 so far today. 19 degrees colder than that tomorrow. 20 degrees colder on friday and by the weekend temperatures will crash an average of ta degrees lower than today's high temperature. and not only will it get colder with air temperatures but windchills will become a factor as winds whip up late tonight and this evening. westerly 10 to 25 miles per hour. and going into the 20s and by tomorrow morning, windchills only in the teens as we head out the door. also, we are watching a front in the midsection of the country. a little stripe of snow and not a big storm but as it slides to the east beginning at 9:00 and 11:00 tomorrow night and ends

9:00 a.m. friday morning. light accumulations. so on your friday morning rush hour slick roads and delays will be likely. we'll take a closer look on future tracker 6 and let you know how much we are expecting if the full accuweather forecast. >> and of course as we keep our eyes on the changing conditions you can do at 6abc.com/weather from hourly forecasts to storm tracker live radar you'll be prepared and don't forget our team of meteorologists are constantly posting on social media and follow them on facebook and twitter. a rush hour train came smashing into the platform as it pull nood a major transportation hub in brooklyn. glass was shattered and passengers hurled and went flying and 100 people suffered minor injuries. it happened at 8:30 this morning as the long island railroad train pulled into the atlantic terminal in brooklyn smashing

into a small structure that was apparently a work area. you see people removed on stretchers some were passengers and others waiting in the terminals andwitied say it sounded like a bomb went off. >> you hear a boom and crash, you know you automatically thinking the worst is someone attacking us. you didn't know what to think. it was almost like confusing. >> what happened with the operator? we don't know and obviously there are be an investigation, to find out exactly what happened and why the operator did not stop the train before it hit the bumping block. >> right now officials say the good news is that the most serious injury appears to be a broken leg. and a similar accident that happens across the harbor in hoboken new jersey back in september. that incident was deadly. and what led to today's crash is being investigated by the fashional transportation safety

board everything from the engineer to the brakes. 100 injuries but all said to be minor. >> thank you. this was day one for students in philadelphia's newly expanded pre-k program funded by the controversial new beverage tax. they were at spin for their first day of class and lots of smiles as studented eagerly greeted their teachers and excited about the fun to be had. the chief education officer oat is hackett was there to make sure things went smoothly and parents are pappy it exists. >> parents can't afford day cares and stuff like that and this program is good for working parents and good for children. one step closer to when they go to kindergarten or first grade. >> if you want to register your child there are spots available and we posted a link at 6abc.com and on the free channel 6

"action news" news app. meanwhile, the beverage tax that pays for it is in place for four days now and many are feeling the impact. disrib outers are being taxed per ounce and some are passing the cost on to retailers and that results in higher prices for consumers and john rawlins has reaction from grocery stores and the city's response coming up at 4:30 today. it's time now for the "action news" traffic report midweek. >> midweek gina is standing in for matt pellman. >> reporter: hello, for a wednesday not seeing terrible conditioned out there right now. we see slow speeds but 95 not bad 45 miles per hours around cotman avenue and slow northbound from the vine to allegheny. if you head out on the schuylkill can you believe this 33 miles per hour right at city avenue. you know what we'll take that.

outside, the eastbound side is going to be jammed the length from 76 all the way out to 295, but it looks like you are only tapping the brakes a bit on the eastbound side approaching 76. i want to take you to west philadelphia and the powell andton section of the the city we have an accident involving two trolleys on septa and lancaster avenue is closed now between 38th and powellton avenue. powellton avenue is the best bet to get around that. and affects you on mass trance because the route 10 trolley is suspended all because of that earlier accident on lancaster avenue at powellton. steer clear of that for sure. the rest of mass transit you can see is running on or close to schedule. on the roosevelt boulevard extension, the northbound side is jammed from this point to 76 on out to broad street but the southbound side moving along quite nicely. >> gina thank you. still ahead on "action news" setting the stage for a health

care showdown. what is likely to happen during the trump presidency next. >> and details about the courthouse giving a local inmate access to medication that costs tens of thousands of dollars. and a look at it's closing numbers on wall street today.

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health insurance without growing the size of government. >> meanwhile this is a rare visit to capitol hill for president obama and likely his last. the goal is to come up with ways to save the affordable health care act and urged democrats not to help rescue republicans by passing measures and chuck schumer warns that repealing it would throw the market place into chaos. >> the republican plan to cut health care would not make america great again, it would make america sick again. >> pence told house republicans today that the trump administration doesn't want or plan to have any coverage disruptions for the 20 million americans insured through the affordable care act. we'll do it in a way that doesn't pull the rug out from anybody, all of this happening as the senate took its first vote today to repeal it. >> thank you. meanwhile the

president-elect stands at odds with the u.s. intelligence community this time suggesting a conspiracy, he is set to meet with the top intelligence officials the cia and fbi on friday. they are planning to brief him on russian interference. organizers delayed the meeting set for yesterday. he suggested they needed more time to build up a weak case and intelligence officials say that is not true and there was month meeting set and no delay on their end. police in turkey are searching for the gunman that attacked an istanbul nightclub, they know who he is but are not releasing that information. police are setting up check pointed as the city remains on high alert. so far 20 suspects isis militants are detained under suspicion that they are linked to the attack. the president says its country will not surrender to

terrorists. 39 people were murdered in the new years eve ambush. the department of corrections are ordered to give high-profile inmate abu-jamal medication for hepatitis . the treatment rages from $50,000 or more per patient. is he convicted of killing police officer daniel faulkner in 1981 and was on death row for decaded and his sentence was reduced to life without parole in 2011. former pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane hopes to overturn her nine count perjury conviction. her lawyer challenged the use of a special prosecutor to investigate the case and in august kane was convicted of leaking secret documents to the press and is sentenced to 10 to 23 months on bail and remains

free while she appeals. a few more minutes of sunshine left on this wednesday afternoon. go out and enjoy it if you have not yet because of cold weather coming our way. >> we have to sit here tadam was outside, how was it? >> looking at sky 6 hd over cap may new jersey you don't see clouds here but beautiful sky here and a few folks here waalong the sand and today sunshine and pretty abundant this afternoon and the last time we'll see a lot of sunshine over the next few days. you take a look at satellite and radar, the morning clouds that passed through fell apart here and pushed to the south and on the cape may camera clouds were left over and it's hugging southern new jersey and southern delaware where the rest of us see thelliant the clear variety here before the sunsets. temperatures too, warm 46 allentown and 45 in reading and 52 in philadelphia and 5-in millville and 52 in dove and

high in philly 54 degrees, so far this month, only 4 days in temperatures running close to 10 degrees above normal for the start of the year. kind of mimicking 2016 in fact where we ranked in 2016 it was one of the warmest in philadelphia's history from january through december. second warmest on record year here for philadelphia. allentown the second and wilmington the sixth warmest atlantic city the seventh warmest year in its history. tonight the warmth goes away. 29 in allentown and 28 in philadelphia and 22 in millville. when you look at the windchill when you wake up tomorrow morning, 11 in allentown and 19 philadelphia and wilmington and millville. and 12 in lancaster and even at the shore windchills in the low 20s. tomorrow afternoon the winds ease a bit but a lot of clouds and it will feel like the low to

middle 20s with a lightsouthw then we a tra showers coming in here late tomorrow night. this is well after the evening 0. a couple of snow showers developing south and west of philadelphia. overtakes the region and the good thing here most of tha steadier light snowfalls w are sleeping. friday at 3:00 a.m. it breaks apart and falls apart. at 7:00 a.m. but by that point the damage is ne with snow o with cold surface temperatures we are looking at with the four models they jump up a bit from yesterday an inch to two inches for philadelphia now and we have much more on the rest of the region after the next half hour. first look at the four day at 4:00 forecast. colder and mostly cloudy and 35 for tomorrow and the early light snow showers on friday morning again it ends between 8:00, 9:00 with returning sun in the afternoon and 34 degrees a a second storm offshor saturday, could scrape southern new jersey and delaware 38 degrees and brisk and cold on sunday a high of just 28

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driver of the car who suffered minor injuries. plans for the largest mlk celebration kick of with a ♪♪ege choir at the eeve north philadelphia this morning, a huge team day of service mural unveiled. it was painted by students from schools to highlight the theme of this year's community service used on his push for educational justice. >> as he encouraged us all to look toward quote, the bright tomorrows of justice and freedom, end quote. >> also at this event mary strausser was honored for her work expanding philadelphia's pre-k program with the citizenship award. mlk day is january 16 and, dr. king's memory and legacy will be honored with a day of giving back. there is a new place for reads to keep the new years

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"action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with the gift of hair. see what one boy did for his friendeed eveneant gettinge fun of. and the video of toddlers getting stuck under the dresser when it fell over give an explanation as people question the viral video. and you can still stay connected without it ruling your life. erin o'hearn has more over a digital detox. and the beverage tax in

philadelphia. it levies a half cent tax on said as and oth drinks and they pass it o ttail higher prices for customers and the money goes to pre-k and services not everyone is happy about it. john rawlins is live in east falls with the consyver the extra cost. >> reporter: well earlier this week the city signals that some retailers jumped the gun and rices at the retail level before the tax took effect. it is not intended to penalize anyone but to r out to educate folks. >> i would have me some gatorade and have me some pepsi >> but not this time? >> not this time. >> confusion in the grocery aisle. according to the group that legally challenged the tax. >> why is the city sending more than $2 million in outreach shoppers still don't understand

what is going on. >> take this 99 cent bottle of soda soda. is now costing >> wow. >> jeff brown of brown's shop-rite, says that value packs especially hit hard with the tax. >> the package is 3.04$3.04 in tax. >> then sales tax. >> this will be over $10, i don't think i can sell that item at that price. >> brown stores among those listing the tax per item to educate items. >> if you shop at the cheltenham e city and you don't have to pay that cost. >> some philadelphia stores could be hit financially, i a tax credit plan that helps stores that suffer but offer healthier beverages.

>> we don't know what the exact business impact be. the information but taxes impact on economic activity. >> we are told that there are more than 4,000 items in the store subject to the new tax. take water for instance most waters are exempt there are some flavored waters out there amounted of sweetenering and they are taxed. and cow'sre exempt but substitutes like almond have a sweetener in it and those are taxed. it will take a while 20 figure out what is and what i notnder t john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> all right s figuring that out in the checkout line. the forecast now a live look at sky 6 hd looking at philadelphia city hall down the ben franklin parkway warm today and yes there is sunshine and big changes are coming in the form of cold and snow.he winter precipitation is way affecting the commute come friday morning, lets get to the latest fror and adam

joseph atboard. >> quite the reality check about windchills and we don't have windchills with temperatures in the 50s. 2 in chicago and 14 below in bismark and 1 degree below zero in omaha. all of this is pushi south and east and with that arctic front is links with moisture andee it here again very minal a precipitation with this front between rapid city and omaha, this is headed to the east brushing by here tomorrow night early on friday morning. not a lot of snow but bad timing for the morning rush on friday. we are talking about the cold but leading up to the cold air coming int temperatures are abnormally ast year and the f this year. so in the weather classroom of the top ten warmest year in philadelphia's history. how man occurred since 1990? last half hour i told you last year was the second warmest, so that is number one.

3, 6 or9? tweet me your best guest. >> thank you adam. this reminder to keep accuweather close at hand with 6abc.com/weather from hourly forecast to stormtracker 6 live double scan you'll be ready for whatever comes. and don't forget our meteorologists are posting updates constantly on social media follow them on facebook and twitter. a man turned himself into a hit andat left a bicyclistnew years the victim was hit on tennis avenue in bensalem township sunday morning. after releasing surve tips and it led them to a truck that belongs to james pasher he was y and id bars in lieu of bail. beck middle school in cherry hill spent most of the day on lockdown because school administrators told police about a phoned in threat. a large police presence could be

seen at the school for most of the afternoon. they did not find anything and sent students home at the normal end of the day. and after school and evening events were canceled. atlantic city mayor, don guardian gave his unofficial state of city address today.spite the closure of five casinos, they have a long history of resiliency. and the city has trimmed its budget and trying to regroup from crippling debt. >> we cut the budge by $20 million last year and this will be cut $20 million this year it's the only way we move ahead and the state may cut us by even more. >> guardian says this is the first time in 40 years that the atlantic city had to cut its budget like that. flanked by small business owners in new jersey governor chris christie says it will put them on more equal footing with big businesses allowing smaller

companies to bid on state and federal contracts, something they historically lose out to larger ones. the governor law wilp them flourill the holidays are over but food and celebrateing may not be the only thing to take a break from. how about a digital detox? it may sound frightening and impossible for some. erin o'hearn talks about disengaging from technology without feeling disconnected. >> i was there until midnight going over things and work on projects. >> but last month melissa trance permanented to the physical come dynamic and a company called z mail is district no emails on weekends or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. waking up in the morning you feel refreshed and excited to go to work. founder and ceo dan came up with the idea four years ago in an effort to create a more

healthier balance for his team. >> they have an active recharge period. a chance to refuel and recharge doesn't it make sense as people working in companies we should have a recharge opportunity as well. >> he practices what he preached by making a personal decision by taking email off his phone completely. we would be out doing something as a family i was noticeably distracted. >> and setting structure time for turnoff is beneficial for personal growth especially for children. >> make the conversations tangible. they can still be connected but they are connecting to faces and not screens. >> francis says the digital detox doesn't have to be all or nothing limit it to after 7:00 p.m. or work breaks. >> what kinded of content am i

consuming maybe i won't be texting today but i'll probably still watch videos. >> agreeing to a digital detox with a group from work is helpful for support purposes and may ease the fear that you are missing out on something. the first few days may feel uncomfortable that is natural with any habit but will likely pass. well now to a winter health warning officialed say that cases of the flu are on the rise in our area but not too late to protect yourself. "action news" anchor monica malpass is live in the newsroom with the details on this story. >> flu activity in the state of pennsylvania is widespread and so there is concern as well in new jersey tonight. but if you haven't gotten your flu shot it's not too late. ali gorman breaks down with the big outbreaks are happening now and why now is the time to act. on health check. and also tonight, justin

timberlake known for his dance moves but we'll show you the stunt he pulled off on a basketball court all caught oera. coming up later tonight. it is impressive. coming your way on "action news" at 5:00. there was a special guest for a science fair at a today. st. joseph's university bill mahr telly was at the school and listens to student present their projects and judged their work. it was held for students in 6th 7th and 8 grade. >> pretty good. still to come on "action news" at 4:00 everyone saw the frightening video of a dresser falling on a toddler, he is okay after beingy his brother and now mom and dad are talking about exactly what happened. and an old piece of jewelry doesn't have to sit in your drawer forever. alicia vitarelli gets ideas from a local expert. and adam joseph returns with the full forecast from accuweather when "action news"

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as he left that facility jones said he regrets monday night's incident. he is is accused of poking a security guard in the eye and spitting on a nurse while being process. he faces numerous charges now. jones will be in court on january 13th. two more homes in michigan have been condemned after a massive sinkhole opened up on christmas eve. an entire block is evacuated since the sinkhole formed in phasier michigan and one home is on the brink of collapsing but officials believe they may have stabilized it and the city is making plans to get other family in the area evacuated and

hopefully soon back into hire homes. big talkers now we start with a followup to the incredible viral heart stopping video of of a dresser falling on a toddler and his 2-year-old twin brother lifting it up to rescue him. we hear from both parents today. >> they shared the video on facebook to raise the awareness of the importance of securing the dressers to the walls. amazingly the two boys were okay and did not hear the dresser fall and never heard screams and only found out what happened when they watched the video. >> i opened the door and they were quietly playing in the room in the corner. >> not crying at all. >> i pulled it up and watched it and we knew they were okay and my heart dropped as you can imagine. >> mom says they felt like the worst parents having watched all

of this unfold on their camera and since bolted the dresser to the wall if this video helps spare even one other child from having an accident that make its worth it. now to a beautiful story that spans hundreds of miles, a 10-year-old boy in georgia, growing his hair out. growing it all the way out to help a friend in florida. this is tyler boon he is growing his hair for two full years to help his friend 12-year-old gabby ruiz she lost her hair because of alopecia. and tyler helped to make a wig for her. he doesn't care that he is mistaken for a girl himself for the past two years. >> i'm cutting my hair so i can give it to gabby. so i just want to make her happy. >> is this a great kid or what? >> tyler grew 12 inches of hair

and as you can see gabby does the honors of cutting it off so they can make a wig. in the meantime. with all the haircut off tiler got a look of his own and with all the hair he grew making a beautiful wig for a great friend. >> a special young man. >> nice guy. a check of the roads right now gina is in for matt this afternoon. re traveling out now lets talk about the big picture. things are not that bad, we do have some delays out there but really no major travel times, nothing too significant. you see 37 miles per hour. going to be is an on the southbound side of 95 and a small do the allegheny 11 miles per hour on the vine street expressway and 12 on the schuylkill. we have delays but nothing really too major. taking you 26 minutes to travel on the westbound side. a live look at the roosevelt boulevard and again 20 minutes of travel between the blue route and vine and expect it to go

down to the vine street expressway and slowing around city avenue. the roosevelt boulevard if you are heading up and over the twin bridge, the northbound side is the backup from 76 all the way out through broad street. right back to you. >> thank you. and the exclusive accuweather forecast coming up next.

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you guys got it right. nine. nine of the top ten warmest years in philadelphia's history has occurred in the last 27 years and more impressive. five of the last seven have occurred -- so i got it right. i put my twitter handle up there is that all right? >> no. professor gets an a. >> pretty impressive here with the number of warm years we have had in philadelphia's history, five of the last seven, 46 degrees right now in allentown and 45 in reading and 52 in millville and 51 in dover. we are mimicking last year starting out 2017 on the warm side but that is about to change in the next few hours. the clouds moving away right now ripping them apart here temporarily before an arctic front comes in linking with the front and a little bit of moisture here gaining in the

midsection of the country from omaha south of rapid city and all pushing to the east here developing a weak low off the coast here as we get into thursday night and friday. for tonight crystal clear sky turning breezy and cold 21 to 28 degrees with the split in overnight temperature with the westerly wind picking up 12 to 25 and windchills are not teens tomorrow morning. as we get into the afternoon tomorrow, a lot of clouds and windchills only in the 20s during the afternoon with high temperatures at or just above freezing and a far cry from today's middle 50s. as we look at future tracker 6 light showers break out at 10:00 11:00 tomorrow night from the south and west and overspreads the region here into the wee hours of tomorrow morning this is 3:00 a.m. you can see the steady light snow is falling apart by the time we wake up on friday morning for the rush hour, however given how cold it has

been every flake sticks early friday morning you see a coating to 2 inches of snow and the coating is farther to the north and west. and an inch or so in philadelphia and closer to the 12 inches or just above the jackpot area is southern new jersey, southern parted of delaware and you may have heard another storm over the upcoming weekend but the latest model trends keep this way off to the south and out to sea. mainly a miss this is friday afternoon and saturday this may brush the coast with a little bit of flurries or snow showers on saturday. that is something we'll follow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast much colder and clouds and 35 and the early snow winds up and ends early friday and watch forever a slow rush hour on saturday morning and returning sun of 34 and the storm offshore on saturday and most are dry and cloudy and brisk and cold and sunday and monday highs only in the 20s and we warm it up here as we get into the middle of next weekend and by the time a bigger storm

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in this new year what is old is new again and for many it's about decluttering and using the things taking up space and getting dust. and today we are tackling your schoolry box. >> young women come in with i have old family jewelry what do i do with this. >> fine a new way to wear it. rich goldberg on jewelers row says that every piece has new possibility. and with polishing and repurposing it can go from

never worn to never taking it off. >> we turn it into a pearl necklace and gets more use out of it. >> and if it's an heirloom piece you preserve the sentimentality. >> grandma wore it and now are you wearing it. >> the same with this pocket watch. it's anow a conversation piece. >> a modern look but an old piece we drought back to life. >> you keep it in the family and keeps getting worn. >> this old ring got a new look. >> this is an antique ring that most people would not necessarily wear now-a-days but we were able to cut the ring part, we turned it into a new diamond pendent. some may not need more than a second look. >> the look of art deck oh came

back so strong. >> like these gold earrings and this watch. >> it has history and a story. you are kind of giving it a new chapter. >> they say that is what makes jewelry of any type so special. styles may change but gems and metals are truly timeless because they can always be reworked. >> start looking around in those drawers. >> giving them new life that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff i hope you'll join me along with ducis rogers and sharrie tonight and every night on phl 17. >> rick williams and monica malpass are coming up with "action news" at 5:00.

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experience tv. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. crews in the lehigh valley are trying to figure out what causes a greenhouse to go up in flames. it took firefighters hours to get the blaze under control and tonight the owners of that business are looking at a seven figure tab to get everything

fixed. >> and wednesday night and the big story on "action news" is the fire investigation in lehigh county. walter perez is live at the scene in lower middleton township. >> reporter: hey guys those owners say that the dan shots farm is a business since 1959 and will not waste time rebuilding the damage a damage estimate that exceeds $1 million. the cell phone video shows the heavy flames that tore through the shipping fashion ilt and green out in lower milford. the first call arrived at 8:30 p.m. and it took fire crews nearly 7 hours to get this one under control leaving behind nearly $1 million worth of damage and lisa myers says her concern about the business was secondary. >> my first reaction was is everybody okay. my first thought. >> and fire crews were able to keep the three-alarm fire from

spreading to the 22 acres of neighboring greenhouses on this property. but fire officials admit it was not easy. >> we have no hydrants to connect to so all the water was supplied by tankers and we had 20 here at one point. >> and other facilities many maryland and pipersville. it has little