fox 29's jeff cole from south whitehall township. there's no known cause on this fire that lit up the morning sky in south whitehall township. there are no injuries. but the school district took a big hit. firefighters doused hot spots along the front of the blackened she wills of the 16 destroyed school buses. investigators could be seen poking through the rubble. the grim result of a blaze so hot the firefighters played defense. >> it was just shoot water on it surround and drown the best you can. >> reporter: some 25 buses were destroyed serving the large parkland school district in lehigh county. >> the garage burped up. >> reporter: the garage burned up. it did. are you sad about it? >> yeah. >> reporter: yeah. >> and made a big boom. >> reporter: stephanie lives just yards away. she and her young daughters woke up to the smell of smoke. >> we heard sounds that sounded like explosions so we wanted to come down here just in case the building would go. >> reporter: her daughter madison a first grader says she loves school but the

fox 29's jeff cole from south whitehall township.e on this fire that lit up the morning sky in south whitehall township. there are no injuries. but the school district took a big hit. firefighters doused hot spots along the front of the blackened she wills of the 16 destroyed school buses. investigators could be seen poking through the rubble. the grim result of a blaze so hot the firefighters played defense. >> it was just shootat

our jeff cole has more from south whitehall township. >> reporter: firefighters do you say hot spotslong the front of the blackened shells of the 16 destroyed school buses. investigators could be seen poke through the rubble. the grim result of a blaze so hot the firefighte firefightersd defense. >> it was just shoot water on it, surround and drown the best you can. >> reporter: 25 buses were destroyed serving the large parkland school district in lehigh county. >> the garage burned up. >> reporter: the garage burned up. it did. are you sad about it? >> yeah. >> and made a big boom. >> reporter: stephanie lives just yards away. she and her young daughters woke up to the smell of smoke. >> we heard sounds that sounded like explosions we wanted to come down here just in case the building would go. >> reporter: her daughter madison first grader says she loves school but the fire closed the district friday. the state fire marshal, state police and federal investigators are searching for a cause. the fire is getting special attention because it gutted a school structure. >> we got to pull

the fire at a bus garage on friday, forced closure of the schools in south whitehall township.investigators are still looking into how that fire started. the school district is being loaned buses from other area district to get the children to their schools. >>> there is a man who remains in critical condition right now after someone opened fire on uwchlan street in overbrook last evening. three bullets hit the 21 year-old man including in the chest. they had two guns on him but no signs of the shooter. >>> police are investigating a shooting in south philadelphia someone shot a 31 year-old yesterday morning in the 700 block of mckeen streets, the bullet hit had that man in the stomach. they have not maid any arrests >>> imagine you are sleep and then two masked men wake you up, that happened, two people say happened to them yesterday in oxford circle. they told police that the gunman tied them up, pistol whipped them and demanded money inside their home 209100 block of fanshaw street. one of them was able to free themselves, they ran to wawa for some help, both are doing just

flames broke out around thee this morning at a bus garage in south whitehall township. 25 school busesere destroyed including 16 that were gut the. stephanie and her daughters woke up to the smell of smoke. >> we heard sounds that sounded like explosions so we wanted to come down here just in case the building would go. >> we got to pull a lot of metal aluminum from the building to get it off the top so the fire marshal can do his job. >> the did he say trick says it's leasing and repairing buses for monday's expect resumption of classes. it's fleet is fully insured. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> it must come down. that is the message from philadelphia officials about the old city building ravaged by a massive fire. this say it's just too dangero dangerous. the demolition is forcing local businesses to close. some for months. fox 29's shawnette wilson live at the scene in old city with more on the demolition's impact. shawnette. >> reporter: well, dawn, the little lion restaurant behind me expects to be closed for about two months that's what the own owner tel

. >> thinks call, it happened in south whitehall township. jenny joye will have a live report coming up, their school >> apparently a mess, they don't know fit is vandalism or what we will figureu. here's sue. >> we don't have 10s we had earlier in the week our number of the much, well, half of that, five out of 10. it is chilly and rainy outside we have a warm coat back on buddy but mentioned sixers and flyers both winning last night and he has that covered as well. it is friday. we have rain on and off throughout the area, few area getting heavy rain this morning and for us it is damp, 37 degrees, get used to the dampness. it will be milder over weekend but today we have a winter weather advisory for carbon, monroe counties with possibility of freezing rain for us it should stay mild enough that we will get rain, only rain, on and off throughout the day with a high of 47 degrees. we will tell but the weekend and beyond coming up. >> weekend and beyond. 6:02. good morning everybody. here's a live look at the schuylkill expressway example of

. >> getting information in right new we are learning that it happened in south whitehall township.enny joyce heading to the scene and will give us a live report in about 12 minutes here when good day continues at 6:00 o'clock hour. >>> lets check traffic real quick, good morning. >> i guess that is good news for kids not good news for parents for folks who have to shuffle around for alternates for kids there live look at tacony palmyra, just completing an opening but traffic still stopped, betsy ross way to go and here we get live lah at 42 freeway seeing volume pop and there is what we are dealing with this morning, rain, spray coming up off the cars and trucks, in front of you. good morning to the collegeville, starting to see delays on 422 working their way in towards king of prussia double shot of rain and fog that is rolling through chester county like right here along route one and gang out there in reading, we're dealing with some delays, guess what, delco, it is your turn on monday, we will come and take over your town, we will broadcast live all morning long, as i love to

randy gyllenhaal has the details from south whitehall township. >> reporter: what you see behind me used to be a building, a garage where all the buss were stored. those 25 bright yellow school buses now charred, burnt metal skeletons. and fire crews as well as the fire marshal continue to be on scene investigating. officials say the call came in around 3:00 a.m. first reported as smoke, then fire consumed everything in that garage. there were no injuries, but it took firefighters hours to get the blaze under control. the school district had to cancel classes since these buses are used to transport student. they make up about a fifth the school's entire fleet and the superintendent tells us they're already working to purchase new replacement buses. >> i went down to the bus garage and it was an inferno. i was just glad no one was hurt. material things can be replaced, we can get new bus, we can replace the pole barn and the garage that it was in and, you know, i'm just happy no one was injured. >> reporter: and back here on the scene you can see what's left of that garage. they had to te

flames broke out around 3:00 yesterday morning at a bus garage in south whitehall township. 25 schooles were destroyed including 16 that were complet completely gutted. stephanie and her daughters woke up to the smell of smoke. >> we heard sounds that sounded like explosions so we wanted to come down here just in case the building would go. >> we got to pull a lot of the metal aluminum from the building to get it off the top so the fire marshal can do his job. >> the district says it's leasing and repairing buses for monday. luckily its fleet is full insured. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> schools in our area have been high alert. officials reported a number of potential threats over the last week. including radnor high school and pennridge high school. pennridge school district says the police department will be more visible than usual in the coming days out of an abundance of caution. >>> bensalem police searching for a man who groped a young girl inside of a department store. they have a picture of the guy. there he is. police say it happened wednesday nigh

our lauren johnson joining us from south whitehall township what a scene it was, good morning. >> reporter: man, that video is incredible to see, thomas, you know, what language speak in social media. that is what parkland school district did. they went to social media too announce school is back in session three days after a raging fire damage a quarter of buses. video reveals just how bad the damage was, the buses there, charred, destroyed, and then, in the district, and buses from a lease could go which they said would do on friday and, they have plans for district mechanics who worked overtime over the weekend to make repairs to the buses, like busted out windows, blown out headlights and melted tires. superintendent told a local paper here in lehigh county that there are reserve busts that will roll into the fleet today as well, classes were cancelled on friday after the fire broke out here in a bus depot, off stadium drive where we are in south white hall township. the fire has been burning so badly that people living nearby reported hearing loud pops which we later learned were tire

. >>> four days after a major fire at a school bus garage in south whitehall township students went backo school. mechanics spent the weekend working overtime to make repairs to the buses so that they could be salvaged the fire forced the school to be shut down. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. >> time now for "action news" traffic report this monday. >> all right, matt pelman standing by with the first check this afternoon. how we looking matt. >> first afternoon commute of the work week, brian and sharrie, and we're starting with a big backup in barrington camden county. a crash along 295 southbound side just south of route 30, the white horse pike as you head towards the black horse pike, two lanes out of commission and it looks like at the moment they may have all southbound traffic halted here at the emergency crews arriving on the scene. you can see the fire truck there. police officers also just getting to this accident scene. so, coming south of 70, south of cherry hill, you don't want to be on 295 this afternoon. maybe use kings highway, use the new jersey tu

this cell phone video shows the scene at a school bus depo in south whitehall township. county, police investigating this fight between fans and players at a high school basketball playoff game. you can see the punches being thrown. much more at 8:55. ♪ >>> welcome back. 8:30, now, on a friday morning. it is february 23rd, 10:30 at night here in pyeongchang. we are partying with team usa. they are in the house. we got the mascots here. the official mascots of the game. soohorang and bandabi. and they have some dance moves. show us what you got. oh, yeah. >> they look like us at the club. >>> coming up, we're going to look back at all of the fun we had over the last couple weeks in pyeongchang. it's been awesome. >>> plus, from snacks to souvenirs, everything we need to bring back with us from korea. >>> all right. and it's never too early to start thinking about the next time we'll be together again with these incredible athletes. keir simmons looks ahead to the 2020 summer olympics in tokyo. >>> al, you have a little check of the weather. >> all right. let's look at you

twenty-five school buses were damaged, in the early morning fire at the district garage in south whitehaller nine were heavily damaged. fortunately, no one was on the buses, and no injuries reported, the district cancelled classes at all of its schools today. >>> let's turn to katie for a look at the forecasts. >> good morning, jim. today, ends up being a pretty dreary day, already off to a wet start, very just raw and chilly outside with rounds of rain, some of it light to moderate in intensity, rolling through the area, so even if the rain isn't technically falling right now, still going to encounter spray from other vehicles, damp roads from previous rounds of rain that have rolled through. this is basically with us all today. we even have winter weather advisory posted through 1:00 p.m. at least for mount pocono, or just poconos in general, since you are below freezing, the rain could, in fact, freeze on contact. in the 30's most everywhere else, and only rebounding to the mid 40's, right where we should be, but this is a very raw, chilly day. and by the weaken we are warming back up a