stay away from gorsky lane near karlyn lane. >> i know you have more on that in skip pack. >> indeed i do. we have a chemical that caused a neighborhood to evacuate. let's go over to katherine scott live on the scene in skip pack township, good morning, katherine. >> reporter: authorities are trying to figure out what the chemical is. around 100 homes were evacuated last night due to the mysterious odor. an emergency shelter was set up, others are staying with friends and relatives. emergency crews and investigators have cleared out for now, but we are expecting crews on the scene later this morning. the county haz/mat, dep and epa are working to identify the chemical and the source. the township said there was high readings of a volatile organic compound in several homes. it appears to be coming from the sump pumps. a strong odor was reported at a house on gorski lane. the fire company responded with the meters and the meters went into alarms so they going and they found it in every home. >> we had 1.something and our neighbor had # point something and to open the windows and leave

a strong odor was reported around 5:45 in a house on north gorski lane. skippack fire company responded and the meters went into alarm and they got readings in 100 homes. >> our neighborhood had a 3-point something. we had to open the windows and evacuate and stay outside until further notice. >> this is notice that was posted on each of the doors here telling residents to call the township in order to set up a meeting so somebody can come and take readings in their home today. as for any illness or injuries, none reported. the fire department said several families did go to the hospital as a precaution they were in the initial home and adjacent home. they wanted to make sure everything was okay, because they had been in the home the entire day. they drove themselves to the hospital and got some blood tests taken to see if they could she had light on what's happening here. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> happening today, pink slips are expected to go out to more than 1,000 employees at trump plaza casino in atlantic city. trump entertainment r

that is because of a strong odor on gorski lane. and john is there. john, things are getting better? >>reporter:well they say that they know what they are dealing with here. it's no longer a mystery. what is more they say, there is a plan to correct things. >> two different laboratories. they confirm that the substance that was found in the sump pump pit was gasoline. >>reporter:somehow it concentrated in the basement. three townhomes in a low spot of this hillside community. >> i can't tell of being on the bottom of the hill here, it ran down somewhere else. >>reporter:there are plans to flush the pits and ventilate the three homes. they own the end unit. now they hope that the plan will rid them of the fumes. >> i hope it work what is they are try doing. they are trying to pump it out to see what happened. the intention is to wait. >> neither one of us are comfort together bring the kids back tonight. we are going to wait-and-see tomorrow. >>reporter:well it's an exhausting 24 hours for the logans. they don't want to return to their homes until they

these are eyewitness cam photos here taken from the 4200 block of north gorsky lane in skippack townshiprs began leaving their homes after noticing a strange odor. now the red cross set up shelter at skippack elementary school for those who need a place to stay. crews are actively scowering the area looking for the source of the odor. >>> also new tonight, philadelphia police say a suspected drunk driver rammed no a fire vehicle causing this accident at 17th and lehigh. police say a fire engine and ladder truck with sirens blaring were responding to fire when a motorcycle -- a motorist that is t bone the batallion chief's s suv. no one was seriously injured. >> and now in north philadelphia, a septa paratransit bus an car collide sending five people to the hospital. this crash happened at sixth and cambria years in the fair hill second. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is live at hahnemann university hospital where some of the injured are being treat treated. matt? >> reporter: natasha, two of those injured people are being treated here at hahnemann university hospital. three other

water most notablily affecting the three homes that sit at the bottom of the hill here on north gorsky lane. but the contamination led to above average test readings for volatile organic compounds in dozens of homes throughout the fair lawn port development and, yes, that neighborhood wide evacuation. homes throughout fair lawn court neighborhood were evacuated sunday night after a foul chemical odor was detected in the sump pump water in the basement at one home and dozens of other homes tested positive for the presence of some kind of volatile organic compound. but after a day of retesting, lab results now confirm it was gasoline in the ground water that caused the odor. no understanding yet of how the gasoline got there but no reason to panic said fire officials. >> even the three houses here, the readings that we're getting are not immediately dangerous to life or health. they're not explosive. they're not combustible in any way shape or form. >> reporter: the highest reading came from matt and courtney logan's home. they were the ones who called 911 sunday evening. monday midday the re

here on the 4200 block of gorsky lane in skippack township. however, officials still are not exactly clear what they are dealing w "action news" reporter annie mccormack has been on the scene all night and has latest from officials now. >> we had readings, high reading of hydrogen cyanide and as we started to check the houses next to it, and next to it, we have readings, in about a hundred or so houses in the development. >> reporter: what is exactly it is remains a in mystery. >> we actually don't think it is hydrogen cyanide we think it is another chemical masking the the meters, the hazmat team is here to go testing. >> reporter: residents including a pregnant woman and kids waited near emergency vehicles as crews check homes, fire officials say hazmat crews tested levels inside of homes, after residents reported an odor possibly of gas. matt logan's wife made the call to 911. >> i told her to get the kids out and get kids out and call 191 and they evacuated the whole road rorrer. >> reporter: their home had readings from the basement to th

it's now happening on the 4200 block of north gorsky lane in skippack township.ed cross is out there helping people who have now been forced out of their homes. we don't know the cause of the leak. we'll keep an eye on this and bring you updates as they become available. >> developing a tonight a man is under arrest for leaving the scene of an accident. police say a septa paratransit van and a car crashed at sixth and cambria in north philadelphia. this happened this afternoon around 2:00 p.m. five people were center to the including three passengers on the bus. police say the driver of the car jumped out and tried to run away just took off on foot. but he didn't get very far. fox 29's dave kinchen joins us live outside temple university hospital tonight where some of the victims were taken. dave, strangers jumped in and helped in this case? >> absolutely. neighbors saw the crash ran over and helped the victims. three of those passengers in the bus were taken here to temple university hospital. listed in stable condition. philadelphia police worked the scene at s