he is a music minister here at easton bible church. we spoke to him a short time ago.towed say. >> first i thought maybe it was an electrical, something going on, with a outlet, so i got to up check that out. as i got closer to the door, i definitely could smell it little more, then look out and saw across the way, you know our house is here, and across the way could definitely see that door was completely on fire. >> just very, very thankful that they got out in their pajamas, but everyone is safe. and we praise god for that. and god will take care of the building. not worried about that. >> now, that was pastor steve johanson, you heard from just short time ago that was his mother-in-law, she came right here, after she heard about what happened. and she found her family safe. unfortunately, though, she has taken spill being cared for right over there, at the home, there, where steve and his family live. it is very slick and icy in this area, and that's one of the challenges that firefighters were up against this morning battling all of the huge fire here with the fre

that's where the easton bible church caught fire overnight. as you can see, at this point it appears to be mostly under control, some smoking at that roof area there several fire fighting units here on the scene, from all over the burlington county area. we have seen some flare ups in the past few minutes here, just pictures of flames on the roof thomas. but firefighters are standing their grounds here, they are ready to douse that flame that pops up with water here, on the scene. no reports of injuries here at this time. two alarm fire here, awaiting word from the chief here, on just the difficulty they face, in knocking this fire down t appears to be mostly contained at this time with the exception of flames flickering here and there, we have seen what appear to be members showing up here re ac to go news of the fire, taking place at the church. from what we can see on the ground, there is center building where this fire appears to have broken out at some point. and that roof of that building is completely gutted. windows here perhaps you ca

. >>> and a fire is at easton bible church in hainesport. matt, we just saw your live picture pop up a moment ago. what is going on there now? >> reporter: well, good morning, chris. at this point i can tell you that the flames appear to be going down pretty rapidly. they have a lot of crews out here on the scene, including crews from neighboring towns. let me get out of the way, we are on the road here in burlington county as firefighters try to put out this two-alarm fire. there's a large presence here from the fire department trying to put this out. we can tell you there are no reported injuries. this happened in the middle of the night just before 3:30 this morning. right now we're trying to gather more information out here from the scene, but at this point, again, you can see that this fire is still active. we are still seeing the smoke out here in the distance. you can smell the smoke out here right now, but fortunately no injuries to report here at this easton bible church. >>> and pennsylvania governor tom wolf will deliver the first

skyforce 10 just arrived over the easton bible church in hainesport. matt delucia has been getting updates from the scene. in the last 30 minutes you spoke to the pastor of the church? >> reporter: that's right, vai. he was the person to discover this fire at 3:30 this morning. he said he couldn't sleep, smelled smoke and went out to find out what was going on. let me show you, he lives right in that building on the right side of this structure. there's a large police and fire presence out here. take a look another live view from skyforce 10 over the scene. you can see just how much damage there is to this building. we are told this is a historic building dating back to the 1800s. so there are people who come to church here every sunday. of course this is devastating to them. but we'll take a look at some video when the fire was burning. this hit two alarms at one point, so a large response from the crews here in hainesport and neighboring towns. the pastor says it was scary, but he thanks god he was awake. he got his wife and son out unharmed. eight p

the bulk of the damage to easton bible church has occurred in this fire.ake a look at this viewer video that we got. you can see how thick that smoke is. we're told that the fire broke out just after 3:00 a.m. this morning. it's not clear if anyone was inside the building at the time. but one firefighter i spoke to said that they believe that no one was inside at the time. now, it's not clear again how this all started. this is very early in the investigation. but the two alarm blaze did bring outer multiple agencies from all around burlington county. this happened on fostertown road in hainesport, easton bible church has been here for oolong time. this is a large brick structure and again, at this point it looks like the extensive damage is to the center of the church. back out here live you can still see there that there's a ladder truck over there. you can see them putting the hoses on the roof. it is not ah official -- we haven't got official word yet from firefighters if this is under control. it doesn't appear to be because there's still so much acti

pastor of the easton bible church in hainesport shot that cell phone video moments after he and his family "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch has more from the scene. >> reporter: thinks cell phone century meeting house consumed by fire and smoke at easton bible church earlier this morning. >> it just seems like a shame, it is an old building historic building. >> reporter: pastor steve johann son shot the video. he lives just a few feet away with his wife son and three pets. their house adjoins the burning building. just before 3:30 a.m. he was tipped off by a smokey smell and went to check it out. >> i looked out and saw a across the way our house is here and across the way, you could see that door was on fire. >> reporter: johann son and another pastor's family of three escaped before the the fire rose to two a alarms, but johann son's home is left with traces of smoke and water damage. fire fighters from six townships spent house dousing hot spots sparing only the shell of the meeting house which serves as office space. the easton church building was not seriously damaged. you can

this is easton bible church and in that historic building in the center of the church.t clear at this point if there was damage to the sanctuary and it doesn't appear that there is damage to that either of the pastors' homes. this was a two alarm response. this is a rural part of burlington county and so that means that usually at this hour they call in as many people as they can since many of the firefighters are volunteers in this area. some of those trucks are now leaving but a large portion of them continue to stay out here to fight this fire. we talked to the pastor of worship. he is in charge of all of the music for this church and he tells us how they're going to move forward. >> god's sovereignty has plan for it but it just seems like a shame it's an old building, it's an historic building. it was a really neat building and so it's -- it's, you know, it will be hard to replace it. >> reporter: again back out here live you still see this heavy presence out here. that pastor telling us that he not only got his family out with his children, also the dog and the gui

that fire broke out at easton bible church on gloucester town road in hainesport.ot this video moments after he and his family escaped the flames. it destroy the the office wing of the church but sanctuary was spare no one was injury. >>> chopper three over the aftermath of the big fire, this one in montgomery county. thinks all that is left of the trico metal products plant in upper more land. take a lot at scene, last night from chopper three. a five alarm fire tore through the building, the causes now under investigation but we do know no would be was injury. >>> well, former phillies pitcher curt schilling takes on some cyber bull hoist targeted his 17 year-old daughter. the it all began when schilling publicly congratulated his doubt are on twitter forget nothing to college. several people wound up responding with some really disgusting tweet about his daughter. in response, schilling publicly outed those people and then tweeted there are repercussions to your actionness real world. and there were. once those young men were identified one of the bullies was, i

and right now crews are fighting a fire at the easton bible church in hainesport. this fire was two alarms a half hour ago. no word on that changing. matt delucia is on his way there and we'll have a live report from matt as soon as he gets established there. >>> new from overnight, a philadelphia man was found shot to death inside a home in potsville, schuylkill county. someone shot the 32-year-old man several times. we don't know his name yet and the motive is not clear and no arrests at this point. state police are investigating. >>> also new from overnight, a man who was passed out in a car in philadelphia appears to be a victim of a shooting. the police took the man to the hospital and didn't realize he was shot until doctors notified them he was shot in the police. not sure how police missed that initially, but they found no evidence of the shooting at the scene. the man's car had been blocking the street since 8:00 p.m. and no one called to report it. that man is on life support this morning. >>> also new from overnight, two philadelphia police cruisers cras

this is the easton bible church as we mentioned. and right there on the roof you can still see the smoke rising from the building here. we also have video that we shot not long ago where you could see the presence out here with the fire. that was still burning. we are told that this is a two-alarm fire that started just before 3:30 this morning. fortunately, we are told at this point, no injuries have been reported. and we'll come back out here live real quick, i want to show you again that we have towns from all over here. we have tabernacle hainesport out here responding to this fire. right there you might be able to see the windows. they are all broken out. clearly, a lot of damage to this building here. this is a very large church out here on foster town road. but again, at this point we're told no injuries were reported. we are still trying to get more information from the chief out here on the scene. and for now, that is the latest here live in hainsport, burlington county. matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >>> 5:03 new from overni

. >>> matt delucia is live outside the easton bible church in hainsport. you said the fire was under control but a number of crews are still on the scene. tell us what you know. >> reporter: i can tell you within the past 15 minutes, i speak to one of the pastors who was in the building at the time and you can see some of the fire department presence still out here. we are seeing light smoke rising from this building but he was able to get his family out on time. he thought it was an electrical fire at 3:30 when he realized something was wrong. he got everybody out. at this point what you're seeing right there, mostly offices at the main sanctuary that does not appear to be heavily damaged. at this point, there could be some smoke damage but the fire department out here they have not allowed them to go to the back of this building at this point because there is still an effort to try to put some water on here to put out some of the hot spots. but this is a very large congregation that comes here. at this point, he doesn't know what is going to happen on su

laurel, as well, hainesport here on the scene, doing their best to knock out this fire here at the easton bible church here at 2407 foster town road. this is right off hainesport road. not too far from 38 east. if you are traveling in this area you may see some kind of tie-ups or closures in the area. but at this time it does appear this fire is under control, if not already. and again, they are really pouring that water at the center of that main building here what appears to be the area where this fire broke out this morning. and at this point ukee, diana, again no reports of injuries. that's the good news, the bad news of course this church is heavily damaged. we are live in hainesport, justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thank you, justin. more breaking news to talk b roll over crash in north philadelphia sends two people to the hospital. this is the latest video coming into us from west hunting park avenue in north front street. a man and woman were injured and firefighters had to cut off the roof of one of the cars to remove one of the victims. no word yet on the extent of the injur

center building we're told are offices for the pastor, and other church businesses here for the easton bible church than appears to be the area where the fire broke out earlier this morning. at this point firefighters from hainesport, mt. laurel, tabernacle easthampton and nearby were here on scene knocking down those flames. also, paying close attention and trying to knock out several hot spots we saw flare up throughout the morning here. it appears at this time, though, that the fire is under control, clearly no more smoke at the scene. >> this fire put out for now. for those who know the church well in the neighborhood at 2407 foster town road, their telling us this church has loft historic value and meaning to this neighborhood. that is very old church we're told and the history there in the middle at this point appears to be lost. what we know at this time is there appear to be no injuries reported from firefighters here, the fire again under control, at least seven to eight people were present in the church area when this fire broke out this morning. two of them we are told, those two

fire gutting an iconic building in the campus of easton bible church in hainesport, burlington county early this morning. that building dates back to the early 1800's. church goes are wondering how it happened and vowing to press on. fox 29's bruce gordon has more from hainesport. >> reporter: as fire investigators did you go through the wreckage of the 200-year-old former quaker meeting house at the center of easton church campus members arrived one by one and in couples to get a look at the charred building and to pay their respects. >> what went through your mind as you saw it first hand? >> vietnam devastation. i'm a veteran so that was my first thought. been through something like this before. >> reporter: easton's worship pastor shot this footage. he lives in the parsonage next door and says he noticed a smell of smoke around 3am. before the fire could be extinguish the meeting house and several pastor's offices were gutted. adjoining building sustained smoke and water damage. church members both current and former seemed to look past the charred exteriors to remember what had h

we just spoke to one of the associate pastors of easton bible church. he tells us that that building right there in the center of all this has actually been here since 1811. it is one of burlington county's most historic buildings and you can see the bulk of the damage now to that building there primarily on the roof area. as you can see ladder trucks are still pouring water on top of it. well, take a look at this video. this is viewer video taken moments after the fire broke out just after 3:00 this morning. you can see that thick smoke. now, according to the associate pastor he tells us that he was actually up late watching tv, he couldn't sleep and that's when he heard noises and then he saw the flames at the door next to his home. now, he says that this is all in the center, in the historic building where there are primarily offices. he tells us that he was able to get not only his family with his children, he got the dog out, he got the guinea pigs out. he says he was also able to alert a pastor that lives on the other side along with his family. t

this is video from a cell phone, and shot by the pastor, of easton bible church.clear what sparked that fire. investigators are now on the scene. >>> now, let's get right to katie. and a look at what's ahead. good morning kate. >> i good morning diane a definitely quite a bit of weather headed our way. all courtesy of just one storm, but it is a large and very sluggish storm and it is going to ends up ac multi day event for us as a result. so we start things offer really with some clouds building in, see hint of upper level moisture rolling through in the last few hours we will stay dry until at least lunchtime, and then toward the afternoon, and specially of the early evening rush, see wintery mix of snow and sleet move in. and it is potentially going to dump quick coating to inch before temperatures rise, and it all starts to turn over to rain. so, with that said, wednesday is a dreary day, with periods of rain coming through offer and on at times by thursday, though especially wednesday night, in to thursday, we see colder air catch up, and it turns again back

palser at the easton bible church took cell phone video of the flames shooting through the roof. it started around 3:00 of the church on foster road in hainsport. the pastor couldn't sleep and he smelled smoke, went outside and saw the flames. he's not sure where his congregation will hold services now. >> i know there's some -- a concern about maybe some of the construction falling so i'm not sure how they're going to handle that. but if they do let us meet we'll probably meet in another area of the church. >> firefighters believe most of the church has smoke and water damage. >> nearly two years after a deadly building collapse on market street in center city philadelphia, plans are moving forward for a memorial. engineers are testing the soil today at 12th and market street before construction can begin here. a committee hopes to break ground on a memorial at the intersection on june 5th. this is the second anniversary of the collapse. six people died when the wall of a building being demolished fell onto a salvation army thrift store. along with those killed more than a dozen

a long, red brick structure a church called to the left you can see the sign here by the road, easton biblehurch. we are in the middle of farm country here in burlington county and mess of the fire departments in burlington county of come to lend a hand. it looks like it is still smoking but majority of the problem has been handled. you cane damage to the windows there fire fighters here still tackling this thing breaking out in the middle of the night but we don't know whether anybody lives in this church like in a rectory or some other kind of place but no words yet from the people still busy on the scene here but it doesn't look as serious. one thing i noticed were tanker trucks and when out in the middle of the farm country fire hydrants are fewer then they are between in the the city. they needed water that questions how hard will get water going in the cold in the tanker truck. we see one hydrant hook up and a few others. they had enough what the tore put on this fire after all. we will let you know when we hear an official update but another fire fighter, problem out here in burlingt

building from the 1800's in new jersey went up in flames early this morning it was part of the easton biblerch campus in hainesport. >> church members are wondering how it happened. while vowing to press on. fox 29's bruce gordon reports. >> reporter: as fire investigators sifted through the charred remains of the 200-year-old former quaker meeting house that formed the center of this non denomination al church pam campus members of the congregation arrived drawn by word of mouth and social media to survey the damage. >> just shock really. i think you see it on the internet, you know we saw the news reports and you didn't realize the sense of devastation until you get here. >> reporter: easton's worship pastor who lives in the parsonage next door shot this footage around 3:30 a.m. he had trouble sleeping, smelled smoke and went outside to see what is now church offices and sunday school meeting space a blaze. for many church members present and former easton holds cherish family memories. everyone it seemed had a story about what this place had meant to them. >> my husband and i met each ot

the fire started before 3:30 in the morning at easton bible church on foster town road in haines port. one of the pastors lives in a home attached to the church and we tell matt delucia we couldn't sleep, smell the smoke and went outside to see what is going on. >> maybe an electrical something going on with an outlet got up to check that out. >> i got closer to the door smell it more and look out and saw across the way, you know our house is here and across the way could definitely see that door was completely on fire. >> part of the building that burned dates back to the 1800s. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> and a fire at an apartment building this morning in camden county forced about half a dozen people out of their homes. nbc 10 was on the scene of the wayne terrace apartments in collingswood. investigators tell us the fire started in the bedroom in a unit on the bottom floor of this building. a firefighter was hurt when he slipped and fell but no one else was injured. >>> and engineers are testing the soil at the center city intersection where six people died in a building col

, brick building made up of offices, maybe a classroom and a church but the very middle of the easton bible church and our excellent top rated assignment editor jackie just found out her daughter's family belongs to this church and mother says the the part that burns is the office and meeting house where the kid all meet is a historic part of the church. the church looks relatively modern and maybe had additions put on to it. but right here in the middle of the burlington county farmland. if is there an advantage of the fire starting at 3:00 in the morning when you have most of the fire fighters in burlington county as volunteers is that they are all home still in the local towns, not commute to go say philadelphia or new york. so everybody was at home when the alarms sounded and beepers went off and they had a lot of people here from almost every fire department in burlington county, helping out. so, nobody hurt as far as we know and damage extensive there in the middle but churches have a habit have of always coming back from the worst kind of devastating news for them and so we will prob

volunteers waking up out of their warm bed to come out here in the cold and fight this fire at easton bible church. we're right next to the sign where we see fire fighters standing right now. bob kelly mentioned the traffic situation we were surprised to see tractor trailer in the middle of the burlington county farmland in the middle of the night getting detoured. it is a traffic story. maybe those trailers dealing with the the farms here but then you will sea water shooting up from the back. guys and girls are than side, female fire fighters out here too they are inside just trying to get this thing completely out. this was a one and a half store very long, probably maryland earn church and we're told unofficially that nobody was inside and it looks like nobody has been hurt because ambulance crews have been standing by in case they are needed. so that is good news. no homes real close to here. not a lot of fire hydrants either. that is why they have had tanker trucks coming initially. they have left. i see the mount laurel latter moving around so there is still spraying water down on thi

amateur video showing flames tearing through iconic building on the easton bible church campus. that's in hainesport new jersey. that fire went to two alarms before firefighter cos get it under control. >> fox 29's bruce gordon live in hainesport tonight. bruce, that building meant a whole lot to a lot of people. >> reporter: yeah, iain, it did, and it does. no word yet on a cause of this fire. it could be at least wednesday before we get some answers but for those who called easton their spiritual home, this scene has got to be tough to look at. as fire investigators sifted through the charred remains of the 200-year-old former quaker meeting house that formed the center of this non denominational church campus members of the congregation arrived drawn by word of mouth and social media to survey the damage. >> just shock really. i think you see it on the internet, you know, we saw the news reports and you didn't realize the sense of devastation until you get here. >> reporter: easton's worship pastor who lives in the parsonage next door shot this footage around 3:30 a.m. he had

around 3:30 this morning at easton bible church on foster town road in hainsport. pastor steve johansen lives nearby. he told us he smelled smoke and ran outside to see what was wrong. >> we got the dog and the guinea pigs and my son and my wife, we all got out in time. and just a little coughing but that's about it. >> at one point the pastor says he grabbed a garden hose to do what he could. no word yet on how the fire started. >>> two police officers are recovering tonight after this crash in ft. richmond. nbc10 on the scene of east clearfield and golf streets early this morning. the officers crashed into each other. police say the two were responding to a call but wouldn't elaborate. >>> dramatic surveillance video just released showing a scuffle last month between a woman and would-be robber. philadelphia police are searching for the man who tried to rob a woman inside the great taste chinese store in west philadelphia. she was able to safely get away from that suspect. >>> take a good look at these pictures. police say this man used somebody else's credit car

crews were called out to, easton bible church just after 3:00 o'clock this video shot by one of the church's pastor. he was already up when he smelled smoke from the family section of the church, and that is when he discover a door engulfed in flames. investigators are trying to determine what caused this fire. >>> in a few hours pennsylvania governor tom wolf will deliver his first budget address. plan is expect to be ambitious with increases in educational funding and cuts in the school, property and corporate taxes, but there is a proposal for new taxes on natural gas drilling. the governor is expect to outline a plan to make charter schools more accountable. this comes just two days after a announcing he replaced the chair of the philadelphia school reform commission partly because the former chair support of new charters was an issue with the governor. the budget could top $30 billion for the are first time. >>> philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey is back home this morning after wrapping up a meeting with president obama. he is expect to give a press conference on that meeti