here's eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff. >> reporter: investigators say 37-year-old caleb wilder died after rescuing his mom. investigators say the fire that torched an apartment in the mariner's harbor section started after a woman in her 60s lit a candle then went out to take a shower. they said when she got out the bed was in flames, the fire growic -- growing quickly. >> i smelled the fumes. >> reporter: caleb and his brother took the elevator to rescue their mom from the flames. they made their way through heavy smoke, took her down the stairwell where fire crews met up with them. when they got outside, wilder, who friends say suffers from asthma, began to experience shortness of breath and suffered cardiac arrest. >> they tried to rescue him, save his life. >> reporter: he was taken to richmond university medical center where he was pronounced dead. >> he was a family man, good person. >> reporter: five other people were treated for injuries. they're all expected to be okay. in the mariner's harbor section of staten island, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> takin

investigators say 37-year-old caleb wilder of delaware died and four other people were hurt in the fire at mariner's harbor. the fire broke out before midnight on the second floor of a building. the four people who were hurt are expected to be okay. investigators say the fire may have been caused by candles. >>> 6:37. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with meteorologist bill evans. >> hey, we take a look outside at the sunrise. here we go, this is on the fort lee side of the george washington bridge. a pretty morning here. it's going to be a nice sunrise, hardly a cloud in the sky and a pretty day is going to unfold and a warm one, too. here's our camera this morning as we take a look from our roof camera over to the east side. there are the plains taking off this -- planes taking off this morning at laguardia. the temperature this morning up 57 degrees to start your day. we're looking at a temperature that's 6 degrees warmer than normal, clear skies back down banks of north carolina to a cold front up around minneapolis st. paul. those two things

investigators say 37-year-old caleb wilder died after rescues his mom. >> his mom has been living there well over 20 years. >> family friend ralph williams says wilder lived in delaware and friends. >> i broke down. total disbelief. he was coming to visit me today actually. >> they took the elevator up to the second floor to rescue their mom from the flames and made their way from heavy smoke and got her out of the apartment and took her down the stairwell where fire crews met surfers from asthma began to experience shortness of breath and went into cardiac arrest and taken to richmond medical center where he was pronounced dead. >> he didn't think about his asthma or any of that stuff. not a selfish bone in his body. family man. good person. good human being. it is just tragic that the good die so young. >> investigators say five other people were treated for injuries. they are all expected to be okay. friends say wilder should be remembered as a man willing to >> true hero. >> a hero, a lot of people around this area calling this man that tonight, and again, investigators telling us t

police have identified the person killed in an apartment fire on staten island. 37-year-old caleb wilder of delaware died and four other people were hurt in the fire at mariner's harbor. broke out just before midnight on the second floor of a building. the four people who were hurt, they're expected to be okay. investigators say the fire may have been caused by candles. >>> 5:34, it was the play that made thousands of people just cringe, and this morning l. a. dodgers 2nd baseman chase utley is suspended. >> that's right. but he is appealing that suspension. if he wins, he could be on the field tonight. mets shortstop ruben tejada isn't as fortunate. utley's slide on saturday left tejada with a broken leg. eyewitness news reporter kala rama is live now at citi field in queens. kala. >> reporter: the buzz surrounding tonight's game here between the mets and dodgers is going to be huge, not only because this is citi field's first post season game in its seven-year history but after what happened in l. a. what everyone saw it's going to be off the charts. all the controversy is surrounding

the 37-year-old caleb wilder of delaware died and four other people were hurt if the fire. it broke out just before midnight on the second floor of a building. the four people who were hurt are expected to be okay. investigators say the fire may have been caused by cans. >>> 75:00 -- by candles. >>> 7:56. let's take a look at the morning commute. >> we have an accident on the connecticut turnpike on the northbound side right near exit 3. only the center lane is squeezing by. you can see that we do have a heavy delay as you get up into the spot. and then also looking at the fdr drive going on to the northbound side at 53rd street, unauthorized vehicle, at least one lane closed down. alternate side of the street parking rules are suspended. meter rules are in effect. >>> 8:00 temperature is going to be a sunny 58 degrees. it's going to warm up very fast. going to be beautiful. looking at 71 by lunchtime. and by the time the parade steps off, about 71 degrees. 75 this afternoon. 10 degrees warmer than normal. and tomorrow a cloudy day. it's still warm at 74. a couple showers a