they found evidence of synthetic marijuana known as k2 being made here laced with acetone o there was no one here when the furthers arrived. the house is a rental property. >> fire board responded to a fire which appeared to be a weedy type substance on the floor in the basement. this was -- which was soaked with acetone and they believe that result in spontaneous combustion. >> reporter: bag after bag of evidence was brought out late this afternoon. police tell me the acetone process with the leafy planter can be highly flammable if not properly ventilated. neighbors are not surprised about what happened. >> no, not really shocked. >> reporter: because. >> there was a couple reasons down there and one up there so. >> reporter: drug houses. >> yes. >> reporter: so you're not surprised by what happened here. >> no, not surprised. >> reporter: rick, neighbors tell me the renters who occupy that house had just moved in about a month ago and they don't -- they don't know very much about them. police tell me, however, they do have the name of a person of interest in connection with their d

inside the home of the 2900 block of longshore avenue, part of the process involved the process of acetonefound in nail polish remover. investigators believe that's what sparked the basement fire 11:30 this morning. some neighbors say they are not surprised. >> not really shocked. because? >> there are a couple down there and one up there. >> drug houses? >> yes. >> so you are not surprised by what happened here? >> no. not surprised. >> neighbors say the residents there were renters who moved in about a month ago. police tell "action news" they have identified one person of interest. so far, no one has been charged. still to come on "action news," a taxi runs into nearly a dozen people at boston's logan airport. the immediate concern is terrorism but authorities say that's not what happened. >> a military mom surprises her family at a game from overseas. >> cecily tynan has the forecast. plus ducis rogers has excitement for the sixer summer league action. the sixers looking to start a winning streak when "action news" >> a boston taxi driver lost control and jumped the curb at logan airpo

fire which appeared to be a weedy type substance on the floor in the basement which was soaked with acetone and they believe that as a result spontaneous combustion and it caught on fire. >> reporter: rick, the search for the suspect is -- they do have a name as i said before of a person of interest. the search of the rental property however is now over. again, police say they do have the name of a person of interest who was nowhere to be found when the police and fi live in mayfair i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> the man charged in that deadly road rage shooting in chester county is being held without bail. 28-year-old david desper turned himself in to police early yesterday. investigators say he shot 18-year-old bianca roberson last week as both of them were trying to merge into the same lane on route 100 in west goshen. the tooken was found dead in her crashed vehicle. desper is now charged with first degree murder. his preliminary hearing is scheduled for july 13. >> three armed suspects targeted a mcdonald's in west philadelphia robbing it early this morning. police were cal

. >> report roar police found synthetic marijuana, along with a chemical acetone in the house which mayave caused the fire. detectives also recovered heroin and cash. no one was home when the fire started. >> this is the first on our street. there's been drug busts down on the next block and up the street two weeks ago. >> reporter: did you know what was in the basement. >> neighbors say a new owner just bought the row home and had rented it out. we weren't able to find the tepp nantz. >> i grew up here, so it just makes mow sad. just does. you see families it's really sad. >> reporter: it's just a nice neighborhood. >> reporter: neighbors are of course worried that the drugs will bring crime and violence to their street in mayfair. police are continuing their investigation into the marijuana lab and drug discovery. at the 15th district i'm joanne pileggi, fox 29 news. >>> the ntsb investigate a deadly house explosion in land cast county. the blast killed a ugi utility worker and hurt two others yesterday afternoon in manor township. they were responding to report of a gas odors on the

along with a chemical acetone which together are part of a group of designer drugs known as k2 or spicedetectives also recovered heroin and cash. >> this is the first on our street. there's been drug busts down the next block and up the street two weeks ago. >> did you know what was in the base j. >> neighbors say this man is the landlord who just recently bought the row home and rented it out. we weren't able to fine the tenants. >> they should be background checked who they're renting it too and they're not. they're letting anybody move. >> it's horrible. i moon we don't want that in our neighborhood. so people like that we don't need. >> reporter: yeah, well, they fear that the drugs will attract crime and violence and they're afraid of that. now n fire was contained to the one building. police are investigating this designer drug operation and drug discover reach we're live at the 15th district. back to you in the studio. lucy? >> thank you very much, joanne. >>> check out this video. it brought a local woman to tears. a pick up you saw it smashed her car and then it drives away. bu

undercover officers told "action news" on the scene that it appears the chemical acetone which is usedo treat the plants may have fueled the flames. >>> some type of fight led to a shooting in the feltonville section of philadelphia. the victim was shot once in the leg around 1 o'clock this morning. police found him along the 4700 block of rising sun avenue and rushed him to temple hospital in critical condition. so far no one has been arrested. >> officials in delaware say they will not hand over detailed voter information to the president's voting commission. the commission asked for the information as part of an investigation into alleged voter fraud in last year's elections. today delaware's state commissioner said releasing such information would not preserve the fairness or integrity of elections in the first state. pennsylvania governor tom wolf also said he will not comply with the president's order. new jersey officials have not yet responded publically. >> the fourth of july is just hours away but it's safe to say holiday activities are already in full swing around the region