smoke and flames >> "action news," jim gardner. two different fire, two different locations. two different states. both the residential properties, a busy late afternoon and

evening for fors in philadelphia. it's wednesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the first of two blazes forcing evacuation of residents. we focus first on an apartment building fire in center city. christie ileto is at 13th and walnut. what's the latest there? >> jim, fire crews are on scene. residents in the apartment building at 13th and walnut will not be allowed to return home because lni has to do inspections after the blaze. firefighters believe the fire started in an air conditioning unit before quickly spreading. >> there was a loud banging exproatioexplosion noise. >> that sound came from what investigators believe was a fire starting in an air conditioning

unit at this apartment building at 13th and walnut. >> i was terrified. i thought it would get out of control. >> did you smell the smoke? >> it was coming down the stairs. >> firefighters had to break windows to pull several feet of hose up 12 flights of stairs. >> it's a lot more labor intensive than dwellings. the chief's call for extra help made a great aggressive attack and saved the building. >> the blaze is believed to have started on the second floor and race today the third. the smoke billowing could be seen as far as south philadelphia. a viewer snapped this photo from the baseball stadium. >> it's scary when you walk out and saw all of the fire trucks and realize it was real.

>> that's right. real indeed. there were no injuries. several people were displaced. we are told the building had 132 units. no one is able to go back home because lni has to do inspections. christie ileto, "action news" wphl-17. jim? >> we want to show you in mount laurel, fire broke through the township. live at the scene, "action news" reporter annie mccormick. the impact on families, what is that tonight? >> jim, four families are out of their home. two units are a total loss. one of the units is an elderly couple that could have lost their lives were it not for a neighbor. >> chopper 6 over mount laurel and the laurel creek apartment

complex showing flames out of a second floor unit on yarmouth lane just after 4:30. the owner was trying to smoke out a bees nest when the home caught fire. >> rachel quick began alerting neighbors and frank jumped in to help realizing an elderly couple lived in the unit. the couple didn't realize how much the fire had spread. >> she was trying to put it out with a pitcher of water. i was like, we have to go. her husband, he has parkinson's. he can't move so i carried him out and that was it. >> they thanked him with a hug. firefighters responded to the two alarm blaze. it tends to run the building.

one firefighter was injured after a of hose hit his head and he went to the hospital with minor injuries. firefighters rescued two pets. everyone else was out safely before they arrived. two units are destroyed. nine people are grateful they live in a community everyone is looking out for each other. >> it's just being neighborly. >> that firefighter that was in the hospital was expected to be released tonight. again, he suffered minor injuries. the red cross is assisting the families out of their homes tonight including the elderly couple. annie mccormick, "action news" wphl-17 back to you. a buck's county woman's efforts to save her pets from her burning home turned deadly. tabetha ra rutecki originally ss

escaped her burning home but went back to get her dog and cat and didn't make it out alive. her husband and mother-in-law were treated for minor burns. >> the death of a woman is being called suspicious. they have identified her at 58-year-old desirae weem. an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. right now authorities are saying her death is believed to be an isolated incident and the community is safe. >> police have released a second suspect in connection with a series of robberies. they arrested martinez last night. martinez and mckee are being charged as adults. they robbed two taxi drivers and held up two tourists at

gunpoint. >> they are baby, a 16 and 17-year-old committing these type of crimes, terrorizing these people. these are han heinous street robberies. >> on a brighter note, good samaritans donated $1,000 each to the tourists. >> abington police are asking for help to catch a criminal that used a razor sharp claw during a robbery. the bladed glove like this similar to the characters of wolverine and freddy krueger. it was a real live nightmare for qdoba employees threatened in a back office saturday. a second suspect wielded a large kitchen knife. they got away with money but no one was hurt. >> the police department is

mourning the loss of a beloved canine named hank. he helped make 93 apprehensions during his career. hank suffered a brief illness and died monday at an animal hospital. the eight foot long snake that caused a scare in philadelphia is home with his rightful owner. residents of point breeze came across this burmese python slithering in a flower garden. it was behaving okay but caused quite a surprise. they called 911. a sergeant took matters into his own hands. literally. after bagging the ?aim the reptile spent the day at animal care and control until the owner saw the story on the news and discovered where his missing pet was. >> i was working in the yard.

i didn't notice he slithered out and made his way across the street. >> he's had the snake five years but recently moved into the house and his neighbors didn't knowknow he had a python for a . >> meteorologist cecily tynan is live at the big board. accuweather is saying what? >> we have downpours on the way. there is a frontal boundary to the south. this is gradually working to the north. it's low pressure. what this is doing is inching to the east. that will enhance moisture. it's not going to rain all day, though. the morning commute will be dry. clouds, temperatures comfortable at 6:00, 89 by 8:00, 70-degrees.

future tracker showing the afternoon active by 3:00. showers generally west of philadelphia. the evening commute is wet. we have heavy downpours, south of philadelphia. the impact scale showing the largest impact late in the afternoon and tomorrow evening. the showers will pay off by the weekend. i'll explain why in the accuweather forecast coming up. >> thank you, cecily. residents in margate are fuming over a project at the height of the tourist system. the army corp. of engineers is building dunes along the shoreline. people that live there never wanted them in the first place. they say flooding comes from the bay side not the ocean. engineers disagree and say it must be done now. >> senator john mccain will be

the recipient of the honor 2017. the arizona republican is being honored for his lifetime of service and sacrifice. of course he was famously captured during the vietnam war and served as a p.o.w. before a career that saw him as a nominee for president. joe biden will provide him with the medal. >> the launch of a ballistic missile by north korea has prompted rhetoric by the united states. nicky halee said the world has become a more dangerous place. the security council convened in new york and halee stated the american response. >> make no mistake, north careeh korea's launch is a clear and sharp military escalation.

the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. >> the u.s. prefers to use clouded international trade warning china and others if they want to trade with the united states, they must use sanctions against the north korea regime. china is key because it has 90% of the korean imports. >> the north korean threat will be the topic of discussion at the g20 summit in germany. president and mrs. trump have arrived in poland. trump will fly to hamburg later tomorrow and friday, he will hold the most sce consequential

meeting of his presidency with russian president putin. >> pat toomey on the record facing questions the from the public. i heayou hear what he has to san his first town hall of the year. >> and an answer to the amelia earhart mystery. could the story have been wrong all along? >> and we have the details in the forecast. >> ducis rogers with summer league play when "action news" continues. ♪ ♪

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>> the commissioner of the new york police department is calling the deadly ambush of his officer an assassination. the officer was shot to death early this morning as she sat inside a mobile command center in the bronx. her partner making a frantic

call to 911. >> she was on duty, serving this city, protecting people, doing what she believed in and doing the job she loved. >> she died in a hospital a few hours after being ambushed. police say this shooter was this mand, alexander bonds. he was killed with a brief shootout with other officers. investigators are looking for a motivate. >> you will recall the ambush of a philadelphia police officer in january last year. the gunman opened foor as officer jesse hartman was sitting in his patrol car. he survived the attack, chased down and shot the suspect. edward archer claimed to do it in the name of islam. his trial is scheduled tomorrow

morning at 9:00 a.m. >> pennsylvania senator pat toomey attempted to defend the healthcare bill proposed by the republicans in the senate. he made the statement during a town hall. he defended himself against voters who say he dodges his constituents. >> i meet everyday with people from every walk of life. i travel all over pennsylvania meeting with people in small groups, large groups, individually. i met with protesters. >> the hour long questions-and-answer session was the first for toomey this year. toomey said president trump's assault on the media distracts from what we are trying to do in the senate. >> iraqi forces are down to the last 300 or so isis militants before framing the city of mows

el. the islamic state is surrounded and controls a tiny patch of territory. thousands of civilians are trying to flee the pocket of resistence but many are trapped and not getting life saving care they need. iraq's second largest city is pockmarked by bomb craters and remains of collapsed homes. >> the louisiana congressman has come under fire for filming a video inside the auschwitz concentration camp. higgins posted online the gas chamber in poland. the video received a swift rebuke from the caretakers saying the gas chamber is a place for mournful silence, not a stage. higgins has not yet commented on the matter. >> there is a new photographhe f

amelia earhart. it shows a group of people on the dock in 1947. this after earhart thought to have crashed but there are two people that bear stark remembrance to the pair. the history channel claims earhart may have been captured by the japanese military and may have died in captivity. >> the automaker will shift to electric motors. hybrid or fully electric vehicles. they plan to make the change in 2019 and launch five new electric cars by 2021. they have a goal of selling a

million electric cars by 2025. the world is changing. >> for the better, i think. don't be driving the convertible tomorrow. it's going to qet wet. chopper 6 flying high, a beautiful sunset. sunsetting at 8:33. starting tomorrow, it sets at 8:32. our days are getting shorter. sky 6 live. taking a look at the center city skyline lit up for independence day celebrations. if you are out and about, it's cloudy. the high today 84. currently in philadelphia, 72. wilmington, 73 and millville 6. walking the dog forecast jim bo back by popular demand. take advantage of the morning, temperatures in the 7 0s.

the morning for the most part is going to be dry. in the afternoon, things will get unsettled. we'll start featuring our shelter animals in a few weeks, to try to get the animals adopted. live to satellite 6 on action radar showing the system i'm tracking for tomorrow. a frontal boundary to the south. starting to move north. there is a wave of low pressure near st. louis. this will slowly right along the stalled front bring us waves of moisture. future tracker showing 7:30 tomorrow morning, lots of clouds, but mainly dry. as we head into the afternoon, this is when the atmosphere moistens up, 1:00, showers in philadelphia, activity across delaware. the evening is when things start

to get saturated. 6:00, heavy downpours, i-9595 areas north and west into the early morning hours friday. scattered, heavy downpours, the best chance of severe weather is far to the south. cape may county, central delaware. philadelphia, too cool for severe weather. rainfall half inch generally but areas could get more than two inches of rain, flooding and ponding on roads. future tracker showing showers lingering in the morning by but the afternoon sunshine leading to a beautiful weekend. scattered downpours, mainly in the afternoon and evening hours. 78-degrees. friday, early morning rain. sunshine by the afternoon. 87-degrees. heading into the weekend, warm, 88. humidity dropping.

sunday, absolutely gorgeous. low humid, 84. 88 monday. tuesday, hot and humid with a threat of thunderstorms. wednesday, partly sunny with a high of 87-degrees. the good news is, it's all done in time for the weekend. >> gorgeous weekend. >> especially sunday. >> better be. >> guaranteed. i don't do that often. >> you heard that. >> brandywine creek, battlefield and chester county will receive more than a million dollars grant money from the trump administration, designed to preserve 88-acres of this historic site. ♪ ♪

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>> sixers back on the court and markelle fultz not guilt not eve number one player of interest. >> sixers got to debut another round. no mic? shouldn't we do a mic check before? my fault. sixers got to pick another pick. he joined the team in utah. 0 for 5 on the night. markelle fultz the main draw. that's a grown up move there. sixers down by three. to the third, don't question fultz's range.

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>> it's been an offseason of change for the flyers. brayden, steve mason gone. others are in. biggest addition, nolan patrick. they also signed brian elliot. general manager ron hextall believes his team is headed in the right direction. >> we are getting down to single digits now. we are getting to where we wanted to be. we like our core and kids that are coming. we'll have a healthy competition

in training camp. >> in wimbledon >> jack kelly flings it across the field. yes, jim, it went in. about 80-yards. adam must have hit the snooze button. he was asleep at the wheel. doubt we'll see a goal odd as that one for some time. >> accept the goal ron hextall scored when he played way back when. "jimmy kimmel live" next on channel6 followed by "nightline." "action news" continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards and karen rodgers with traffic. for "action news," i'm jim gardner. goodnight.

hi. i'm mick david from portillo's in chicago. tonight on "jimmy" we have casey affleck, allison tolman and stand-up comedian chris charpentier. after ten years we bring back our famous portillo's lemon cake. come on down and get a slice right after we start the show! >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, casey affleck. from "downward dog," allison tolman. and comedian chris charpentier. and now, for the time being, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome. that's very nice. hi. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show.