it was the call no one wants to hear, may day, firefighter trapped inside the burning home. firefighters had just got into a row home to make a rescue just

before 8:00 this morning. >> the fire escalated in the mission to get lieutenant letourneau out began. >> he was never alone. the rescue started almost immediately. every firefighter on the scene went into rescue mode. the crews continued to battle the blaze and navigate through heavy smoke. officials say it would take roughly half hour to remove lieutenant letourneau. it was a tragic day and the entire philadelphia community won't soon forgot. >forget.

>> it's tragic that someone lost their life. >> two others were taken to hospital as well. they are expected to be okay. another neighbor was rurre rusho hospital for exposure issues. i'm told it's a long, thorough process to figure out the cause and what happened here. bob brook, channel6 "action news." >> we have developing news out of west philadelphia where police first homicide in the year in the city. a man was killed and woman injured in a shooting. someone opened fire 11 shots into the vehicle. both were rushed to penn presbyterian hospital where both were pronounced dead. at this hour, no arrests have been made.

>> we have a windchill warning in the poconos extended until 10:00 a.m. on sunday. as you look at the numbers outside, it's hard to believe the temperatures, 11-degrees in philadelphia, 7 reading and lancaster, minus 3 in the poconos. factor in the northwesterly wind, three below zero in philadelphia, 23 below zero in the poconos and minus three in dover. as you wake up tomorrow morning, 7:00 in the morning, most spots easily well below zero. this could be an issue as you wake up tomorrow morning. many spots across the lehigh valley and delaware valley in record territory.

we forecast a morning low of minus one. it will break the record of minus four in 2013. atlantic city and wilmington in reach as far as records are concerned. here in philadelphia, if we hit the number, the coldest air we see in 24 years. we have more details on when the cold will ease. >> no joke. thank you, melissa. let's move on to jeff skversky in northeast philadelphia to see how people are dealing with the dangerous situation. jeff? >> walter, i think many of them are staying inside driving around the city. we see far fewer people driving around. understandably so, we have been talking about for weeks now, the cold can be dangerous. despite that, we found people out and about. >> at acme in the northeast -- >> i had to get something to

eat. >> not even the cold deterred some from venturing outside. >> i feel like an idiot out here. >> we saw tamara with a full cart and no gloves, with a husband at home waiting for food. >> i knew tomorrow would be colder, so i'm not going to try. >> the polar plunge taking its toll on people and pipes. a water main break on the street will no doubt quickly become a mess. this is one of ten tonight. meanwhile, the dangerous cold has homeless advocates on alert. the saturday meal was served ensuring no one was left out in the cold. >> we contacted the outreach team. >> the outreach team arrived and took men and women to the shelter. >> c become sick or die. we want to prevent that

happening. >> staying warm is a concern for ivy and hattie too. hattie has been water from her basement coming from a busted pipe in two days. she's racing to keep the water from the furnace on one of the coldest nights of the year. >> how often d>> i set the c hours. my hands start swelling up. if you see someone outside, contact a homeless advocate. you can find them on the

project. >> walter? >> thank you, jeff. here is something we did not expect to see in atlantic city tonight. >> a surprising number of people were out on the boardwalk. it's surprising that people have been feeling cooped up. they are deciding to venture out and try their luck. >> we have storm tracker live on the phone or tablet. 6abc app is a free download. >> there was a winner in the mega million jackpot. the winning ticket sold in tampa. the winner has not yet come forward. the owner receives a $100,000 for selling that winning ticket. >> president trump -- 12, 29, 30, 33, 67 and 26, the powerplay numbers. much more to come on "action news," president trump is fighting back after questions

about his fitness for office. he's calling himself a stable genius. >> and a family forced to flee their home in puerto rico is reunited with their pets in philadelphia. we have an emotional reunion. >> eagles wait to learn who they'll face next week. jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.

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going on for the university of pennsylvania student who disappeared while visiting his home in southern california. blaze burnstein was with his family other the holidays. investigators say he met with a friend and was last seen 11:30 that night. his dad believes his son was planning to come home that night because he didn't take his wallet with him. >> a family that lost their home during hurricane puerto rico has been reunited with family members here in philadelphia. a week after the storm passed, the veteran left the island and joined his family. he was forced to leave behind his two dogs and cats. today they were reunited thanks to the efforts of two organizations called puerto rico unite and save mel rescue. i'm reunited with my pets, the

best gift i could give today. not much celebration i could do but be with my family. >> he says his family is completely back together. >> much more to come on "action news" tonight, the latest on the bitterly cold temperatures. taking a live at sky 6 over temple university, a cold night. melissa magee has the exclusive seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. ) ♪ ♪

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>> time for a check of the accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee, when you thought it couldn't get worse, it's getting worse tomorrow morning. >> definitely a chilly night ahead. we have had an issue with northwest winds making the numbers feel colder than they that's the case the rest of tonight and early sunday morning. sky 6 live and hd, a nice look at penn's landing. the dangerous windchills continue. tomorrow morning we could be talking about the coldest morning lows we have seen in 24

years in philadelphia. a wintery mix likely monday afternoon. then we are tracking a thaw on the way next week. gh now, it's all about the frigid digits, 11-degrees in philadelphia after a high today of 16. 7 for reading and lancaster, minus three. in the poconos, wilmington, atlantic city and beach haven, 9 and 10-degrees in dover. factor in the wind feels like 2. minus eight in allentown, current windchill temperature philadelphia, three degrees plos below zero and four degrees below in atlantic city. with the mostly clear sky, the winds start to slacken and that causes the numbers to fall off

quickly. clear minus the wind, and over the next 12 hours, record cold dipping to minus three in allentown and one degree below zero in philadelphia with winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. overnight tonight, we are calling for an air temperature of one degree below zero. if we hit that, we are going to break the old record of four in. this will make it the coldest we have seen in 24 years. last time was minus five in 1994. second half of the weekend sunday, the winds relax, increasing clouds tomorrow, high temperature tomorrow at 19-degrees. more changes headed our way. temperatures are climbing above the freezing mark and monday, tracking precipitation. monday evening, there could be snow to the north and west, mixed precipitation, icing is a

big concern and timing not great because it's monday evening for the ride home. the exclusive accuweather forecast, frigid tomorrow minus the wind. monday, the wintery mix with a high of 35. tuesday, partly sunny, 41. wednesday, milder thursday but we are tracking rain. high temperature of 43. >> holding on forrsday. thank melissa. sports next but first a check of the powerball numbers. sayant to

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jeff skversky has a check on sports. it looks like eagles will play the falcons, but we are not sure. >> as the number one seed, the eagles kicking their feet up watching wild card weekend at home, keeping the close eye on atlanta. eagles will face them next saturday at the link.

right now, 26-13 inalminutes ags crunch tim what are the eagles up to today? signing autographs. eagle fans will make it tough on whoever ends up at the link next saturday. >> a lot of dome teams, with fans, a lot of teams can't take it. they are not used to that. not only the fans, but you include the weather and it's plus two as far as going into the game. >> elsewhere, big red blows another big lead in the playoffs, andy reed has the chiefs up and the titans, marcus pass deflected catches his own ball for the touchdown. chiefs eliminated 22-21, reed

blew two playoff leads. that's as much as every other coach combined in modern day history. sounds like the same old andy reed. >> it's my responsibility as head coach of the football team. >> how about 12 goals last two games. today, they have sthiew st. lous singing the blues. only one player has more than

giroux. this in the second, sean with two goals, flyers score for the second time, 6-3 out of last place. flyers host the sabers 2-1. villanova, looking to rebound. coming up next.