. >>> three alarm fire rips through a home in hamilton township mercer county. chopper three over that scene in the 100 block of waiverly place this afternoon. you can see the damage right there fire fighters were called to the area around 11:00 this morning. no one was injured. that causes now under investigation. >>> chopper three over another house fire, today this one in sellersville bucks county this fire broke out just before 3:30 this afternoon and happened in the 2700 block of hugh crest road. fire fighters are still working to contain the fire within the last hour, and no word if there are any injuries at this time. >>> new information now on a five alarm fire this morning at a chemical company in adams county and fire fighters, and, heavy smoke in the chemical company near gettysburg they may fertilizer and officials say smoke is not toxic but residents within a mile in that plant shelf nerd place there were no reports of any injuries and causes under investigation. >>> new developments tonight in the penn state fraternity hazing scandal for very first

mercer county. flames leap from house to house in hamilton township. this video was taken just about 40 minutes ago in east state street. smoke and fire can be seen coming from at least eight rowhomes there. let's go to a live picture of the fire right now at five alarms. the entire block has had to be evacuated because of this. there are no reports of any injuries. count on nbc 10 to stay on top of this fire and bring you updates as soon as we get more information. >>> we are following developing weather news as well. a threat bearing down on the region. parts of our area under a tornado watch right now. you can see the storms right there on radar and it's why we have issued an nbc 10 first alert. let's get the timing of this storm and who faces the greatest risk. >> nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking it all for us tonight. glenn? >> some of those storms have moved into part of our area. we issued the first alert earlier today, feeling this was going to be happening later today and tonight. we have the chance

. >> ♪♪ >> we have breaking news now just in from hamilton township mercer county, new jersey.e on the scene of a massive house fire that has just now hit four alarms. let's take a look at some video. "action news" viewer donny ramos he sent this video in to us to join the action. this is happening along the 1700 block of east state street. now, as you can see, in the bit of this, you can see the fire there and also the smoke coming from behind the tree. let's go to some live video that we have. chopper 6hd giving us a wider view. you can see two sets of plumes of smoke it appears dark black smoke as well as white and gray smoke and the flames still there also as we get a better look from chopper 6hd again, this is happening in hamilton township mercer county new jersey. as you can see it is a massive effort under way as this fire now hitting four alarms. we are told at least eight homes are involved or are being affected by the flames there are happening there, the fire burning along the row homes there. firefighters doing their best to preventer from it spreading. it's not cl

police say she used the victim's stolen credit card to make purchases in trenton and hamilton mercer county. the victim has head injuries. >>> a new jersey state trooper killed over the weekend was laid to rest today. funeral service was held this morning for 24-year-old anthony raspa in somerset. raspa and partner gene hong were patrolling a stretch of i-95 when their car hit a deer ran off the road and slammed into a tree. 29-year-old hong survived. a parade of officers led the procession. hundreds of friends, colleague, and neighbors joined raspa's family as they said their final good-byes and shared memories. >> he had a tremendous heart, tremendous athleticism and he would never quit. he was only about 150 pounds but he had the heart of a 250 pound old american linebacker. >> governor christie ordered flags at all new jersey state buildings lowered to half-staff in honor of raspa. >>> nbc 10 exclusive from the jersey shore. a new tip in the high-profile disappearance of a little boy decades ago. police involved in a new push to solve the disappearance of mark himebaugh want you

burlington and hunterdon counties to assist us with the fire been besides most of every company in hamilton, mercer county and 10 to. >> 20 homes were impacted with 15 sustaining extensive damage and many people now looking for place to stage crews were visibly exhausted having come from a three alarm fire a few blocks away. >> the guys are already pretty much spent from the first one and they really only got maybe -- we weren't back in service totally from the first fire. that fire was one -- three blocks over. >> reporter: meantime officials say four of the houses were vacant but the american cow red cross says they are helping out 11 families at this point. they say that number could go up depending on individual needs. firefighters say fortunately no one was hurt in fact they say they didn't even have to do any he is cues everyone got out on their own. lucy? >> thank you very much, dave. >>> in delaware county two arrests to night in the murder of a man stuffed into a suitcase then dumped they say the pair robbed scott berne highs sell last month in tinicum township and that thomas brennan also

our big story from hamilton township mercer county new jersey. video that is just in from our "action news" crew on the ground. it shows the fire burning through the roof. it's the 1700 block of east state street. eight homes are now involved. officials tell us that roofers were working on the roof of one of the homes. they sparked the blaze and the flames just spread across the roof line and this is a live picture now from chopper six and you can see that this fire is nowhere near being brought under control. flames still bursting through the roof of one of the homes. this we can say and it's the only good news we can get out of this story there have been no injuries reported to this point. we look for updates on 6abc.com and we'll be back in just a moment. >> we have some difficult weather which is moving west to east and we've got to be alert. >> yes, exactly. far northwest suburbs right now really under the gun. storm tracker six live double scan showing philadelphia we've got bright sunshine but you can see that line of thunderstorms really

that fire started just before 5:00 in hamilton township, mercer county. tonight dozens of people have to find a place to spend the night. george spencer join us with more on what may have sparked this place. >> reporter: seems the fire may have started in the roof of a house down towards this end of the block. it then jumped roof to roof and house to house moving in this direction. one saving grace was the fire station just behind the flashing lights you still see. from sky force 10 high above, we watched their flames billowing and smoke pouring from the roof. on the ground residents encountered a hazy scene filled with commotion and neighbors rescuing neighbors. >> one knocked on the door and said come out, the house is on fire. >> reporter: alice owns the home where it seems the fire started. fire officials say the six-alarm blaze damaged 20 row homes, 15 of them severely. and the early evening winds drove the fire quickly. >> the whole house is gone. >> reporter: all up in flames? >> all up in flames. >> we ran out of personnel very quickly. we couldn'

. >>> a fire in hamilton township, mercer county, damages numerous homes there.hopper per three over the scene on waverly place. this fire grew to six alarms and flames were spread across the shared roof of the entire row of homes there. the block was evacuateed. official are still investigating the cause of that fire. >>> a new castle county family is shaken tonight as they have become the victims of a hate crime. someone targeted the claymont family edging a swastika and a racial slur into their suv. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt went to den ham of a today looking for answers. >> i'm truly disgusted. >> reporter: claymont resident a meara green demands to know who scratched a swastika and the inform word into her car sometime early sunday morning. >> you would think in 2015 we still wouldn't be going through this. >> reporter: a mother of six told "eyewitness news" the repairs will cost at least a thousand dollars. but she's more concerned about the symbolism behind the vandalism. >> i stopped crying this afternoon early this afternoon. 'cause i was em

. >>> a three alarm fire ripped through a home in hamilton township mercer county, chopper three over that scene of 100 block of waiverly place this afternoon. you can see damage done there fire fighters were called to the area around 11:00 this morning. no one was injury. the causes under investigation. >>> a car flipped over on the roosevelt boulevard chopper three over that scene in north east philadelphia and we're told two people were taken to torresdale hospital, no word on their injuries. >>> we are getting a look at surveillance video from the bank robbery in montgomery county. authorities want your help as they try to crack this man down. he robbed a bank of america branch on plymouth road in plymouth meeting last week. he also fired a gun during that robbery but no one was injury. police believe this same man robbed a wells fargo bank in bryn mawr back in may. >>> chester county priest, pleads guilty to charges of child pornography. fifty-six year-old mark haines admitted to posing as a 16 year-old girl on a teenage dating web site trying to get sexually explicit photos of y

. >> fire in hamilton township mercer county damages nearly two dozen homes. chopper three over the scene at waverly place around 5:00 yesterday evening the fire grew to six alarms, then flames engulf the shared roof of the entire row of houses. the whole block was evacuated and there were no injuries. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >> a vigil is planned tonight for the south jersey teenager critically injured in a hit-and-run. police have arrested the suspect, 17 year old kyle was hit sunday morning on north hook road in pennsville, new jersey. police now say 23 year old zachary mc donahue was hit-and-run driver, and that he used a relative's car cover to hide his damaged car. he was ride his skateboard when he was hit and he suffered severe head injuries. >> what he did was wrong. and the fact that he just kept going, just shows that he's not a good person, and i can't believe this. >> kyle is now at christianna hospital in delaware, zachary mc donahue charged with aggravated assault by auto, after alleged taped confession. >>> the youn

. >> ♪♪ >> a massive six alarm fire destroyed nearly an entire block of homes in hamilton township mercerwas hurt but as many as 60 residents have been displaced. investigators are looking for the cause of the blaze. residents say there were men working on the roof shortly before the fire broke out. >>> police will be stationed at harrington middle school in mount laurel this morning. the district says someone made a threat over the phone. police searched the school and will screen everyone today. >> big traffic story is i-78 eastbound shut down. this is the scene of the accident. this is the cause of the headache. we've got traffic backed up. i talked to state police. they're hoping to open a lane. can you see that tractor-trailer went by an embankment. a terrible accident scene. stick to old route 22 because all traffic is being diverted off eastbound on 78 at lenhartsville and a couple of other accidents here and there, downed lights in trevose, downed tree in lower moreland. lot going on dave. >> all right, karen at least we've dried out for the most part with a couple of light sprink

. >> the search on for the cause of the huge fire that damaged 20 homes in hamilton township mercer county. chopper three over the scene on waverly place around 5:00 yesterday afternoon the fire grew to six alarms, spread across the shared roof of entire row of houses. it was quickly evacuated and no one injured. >>> right now, it is 6:05. and the young girl seen in this video right here, she speaking out. the video viewed by millions on line shows a police officer in texas right there, you can see him pink that 15 year old to the ground. activists want the officer fired saying he used excessive force while breaking up pool party over the weekends, even pointing his gun at other teenagers. don champion has the story. >> or not report individual joe of the incident during pool party has been seen more than 8 million times on line. monday evening it had hundreds of people protesting at a mckinney texas pool. it is where officer eric casebolt was seen aggressively detaining 15 year old beckton neighbors had called police after a fight and to complain about teens who did not have permission to

hot and humid today and we found out that students and staff at hamilton square schools at hamilton township mercerunty and they'll be dismissed because of the heat and middle schools and elementary will skoos ryary schools will be at 1:15 and they're glad. >> to get out and enjoy it. >> we would have loved that when we were growing up. >> it would be a steamy afternoon and not as hot as what we saw in the end of last week and we'll be approaching those levels for tomorrow and that steaminess could turn stormy in some areas this afternoon and that's a live view of the pocono mountains from camelback and we see sunshine and just a few passing clouds and no storms in the pocono mountains and none at the shore and the clouds are hanging in there and we saw big thunderstorms roll through first thing this morning and just a chance of scattered thunderstorms popping up this afternoon. the clouds continue to blow through the area and you can see some breaks of sunshine. right now it's just cloudy skies over philadelphia, but in spite of all these clouds and not much to show you on the radar just yet and w

one thunderstorm moving toward hamilton and mercer county we will watch those closely. now more showers and storms fairly heavy are forming and moving into parts of gloucester and camden county. this one has the potential to produce some hail. the radar is picking that up. the heavy rain shown by the red is right over glassboro, williamstown and moving into gloucester. these are all going to be approaching the philadelphia area but i think most of these should be staying into the new jersey suburbs and across the i-95 corridor. we will be watching those very closely, too. we still do have potential for more storms as we go into the rest of the evening. radar continues to show one severe storm ifn lancaster county with the potential of producing hail. it looks weaker than about 20 25 minutes ago but still traveling to the northeast around 25 miles an hour. it will be near exeter by 6:17. poconos, still dealing with the heavy rain the thunderstorms, the lightning and potential for hail in that area. carbon and monroe counties all seeing rain and heavy rain imbedded in tha

trooper raspa was a member of the troop c at hamilton township station in mercer county. governor christie ordered flags to be flown at half staff today in allstate buildings. >>> we have new information about what cause add a deadly crash on i380 in the poconos. it happened in monroe county 115 miles north of philadelphia. a tractor trailer was traveling, southbound when it left the roadway and crossed in the northbound lanes. it struck another tractor trailer and a bus carrying italian tourist on their way to niagara falls. bus driver 54 year old alfredo, from new york, he was, one of the three people killed in that accident. "eyewitness news" spoke to a truck driver who was shaken by what he saw on the road. >> i'm on these road every day, six or seven days a week, you know what i mean, and it is an impact to see another truck, you know what i mean. >> more than a dozen others were injured in the deadly crash. >>> bank robber considered armed and dangerous is on the roads of the montgomery county this morning. police say the the suspect robbed a bank have of america br

willingboro across 295 up towards mercer county hamilton seeing the rain as well. this is all traveling in this general direction along the i-95 corridor. heavy rain heading towards moorestown very soon. one thunderstorm is heading to the northeast so if it holds together it will be near robson by about 6:30 making its way into berks county. other than that the poconos still seeing thunderstorms here for carbon and monroe county. pretty strong thunderstorms here, too. coming up i will keep tracking the storms and show you when we will dry out and of course, a look at your fourth of july forecast. >>> to some of the images of the aftermath this afternoon. nbc 10's mitch blacher has been in storm force 10 on the lookout for damage in the lehigh valley. you found trees down in coplay, lehigh county? >> reporter: yeah we were driving around coplay here in the lehigh valley and stumbled upon this tree down. the crews made quick work of a lot of the trees. they say more than 100 trees are down in coplay alone. they left this to move on to another street. you want to get

trooper raspa was a member of the troop c at hamilton township station in mercer county. >>> it is 5:33. lets get traffic and weather together katie. >>> good morning everyone. starting things off generally dry across the delaware valley. we have a hint of in moisture around our region though and that will be a theme for to us day. we still got to allow for a shower along the way but if you don't want to take an umbrella along he will feel free it is not an extra accessory that is a requirement here today. any showers we do experience will be very very spotty. as we start off here with sky cam three hey what is this? a hint of sunshine at the start of the take. that is new? up in carbon county jack frost big boulder no frost to speak of but overlook lake harmony beautiful views in the mountains this morning. storm scan three shows what i was just talking about. we have moisture starting to creep north again and it is because of this system that just will in the leave. it is off to the south. it is like a neighbor you can this is get a hint to, you know what i mean. moving forward in t

trooper raspa was a member of the troop c at hamilton township station in mercer county. >>> defense attorneys will have a chance today to cross-examine a psychiatrist in the colorado theater shooting trial. yesterday, the judge reject the defense's request for a mistrial. lawyers for james holmes argued that video of doctor william reid interview with the gunman amounts to compelled testimony. that is because holmes was asked to describe the attack that killed 12 people and injured 70 others. >>> right now coming up at 6:32. traffic and wet are to go. any clearing up to day. >> very minimal. >> i know. >> so many of us just want to see bright sunshine and that will not happen today. there is a positive to that. if you have to hit the road and travel eastbound you that is something. we do still have a very same pesky system. it need something to kick it out of here. it is finally going to have that with our pattern changing finally, looking forward toward the weekend but today we are still stuck with the clouds, more than anything, and obviously especially south of our area plenty of

saturday will be laid to rest on thursday. 24-year-old anthony raspa who was based out of hamilton township station in mercerr struck a deer this weekend. raspa and his partner gene hong were patrolling a stretch of i-195 in monmouth county at the time. hong was treated for his injuries and released. state police say funeral services for raspa will be held at a church in somerset monmouth county. >> police in berks county are trying get to the bottom of a murder mystery today. officials in earl township say robert stout was killed on the porch of a home on the unit block of long lane road last night. right now they know the fatal shot came from inside and they know 43-year-old stout went to the home with his 16-year-old son. they are not sure why they were there but do believe stout was killed after being met by the homeowner. state police say everyone who was present at the time is being questioned. no charges have been filed yet. >>> investigators are hoping new attention on a cold case could help find the south jersey boy who disappeared nearly 25 years ago. mark heim because of middle township has been m

mercer county mostly the light rain around hamilton township parts of bucks county mostly seeing theight rain same thing montgomery county and slightly heavier showers possibly in parts of delaware county, and do you see this rain is actually approaching philadelphia, so some more light rain is on its way into south philly for citizens bank park, phillies game at 7:00. for the rest of this evening we should still have the chance for a shower nothing heavy. heavy rain is down to our south but that is really starting to lighten up a bit. we will keep an eye on it for you. future weather keeps at least a few showers lingering tonight. clouds should stay locked in overnight, by tomorrow morning i think most of the area should be dry through the afternoon you notice some dry air starting to move mostly north to philadelphia where we could have breaks of sunshine. we go into thursday, clouds move back in and the weather pattern starts to bring at least a few more showers in for thursday afternoon. so some rain in the forecast for thursday once again, until we finally break out of it by abo

. >> following breaking news right now out of mercer county, new jersey. skyfox is live over hamiltonownship where firefighters are battling a four harm fire. this is on the 1700 block of east state street. it appears several row homes are on fire. officials say the call came in around 4:45. there's no word yet on any injuries and we will bring updates as soon as we get them. >>> to developing story arrest in a hit-and-run that left a teenager critically injured. >> 17-year-old kyle pszenny was on his skateboard early yesterday when a car hit him it happened in salem county. fox 29's bruce gordon is live at the pennville police station. bruce, what do you know. >> reporter: lucy, a life long pennsville resident is behind bars at this hour charged with aggravated assault by a vehicle leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report that accident. all in a tragic case that was cracked quickly and efficiently through some real good police work. sorry for what happened? >> reporter: police say 23-year-old zachary mcdonough spent most of the past day and a half monitoring social medi

mercer county. flames leaping from house to house here in hamilton township. this video was taken just within the hour on east state street. smoke and fire can be seen coming from at least eight rowhomes. >> the entire block in fact has been evacuated but there are no reports of anyone hurt here. we do are a crew headed to the scene on the ground. count on nbc 10 and the nbc 10 news app for any more updates. >>> new at 6:00 hospital patients paying much more than the actual cost of care. a new study claims some hospitals are marking up prices by more than 1,000%. crozer chester medical center making the list of the top 50 hospitals in the u.s. with the highest markups over actual costs. it ranks 17th on the list. also on that list chestnut hill hospital, brandywine hospital hahnemann university pottstown memorial medical center. >> deanna durante has been poring over this study. >> she has a look at why prices are the way they are and what you need to know. >> reporter: chestnut hill hospital ranks number five on that list and while the study's author says it

mercer county, new jersey. katherine. >> reporter: matt, 20 homes damaged, 60 people displaced after fire monday afternoon in hamiltonest on the investigation coming up at 6:30. that's a hard question. (laughing) we are the fay family from chesapeake, virginia. williamsburg is just beautiful. because we have thrill seekers and not such thrill seekers, i try to find something that everybody likes. this is a very good spot to do that. the most exhilarating part about this vacation was being with the whole family. it was amazing. >> a black bear believed to be 500 pounds showed up in mary jane rossi's backyard in upper black eddie bucks county. she says the bear didn't seem to be afraid of people. it was the first time rossi had seen a bear in the neighborhood and she's lived there for 30 years. >> happening today, new jersey's top court is expected to finally rule on the state's pension reform. a lower court judge said earlier this year that the state has to contribute more for workers retirement under a 2011 law. republican governor chris christie argues that the state can't afford to do that. unions for workers say c

this was the scene in hamilton township and tonight, almost two dozen people are homeless. the big story is the disastrous blaze in mercernty new jersey and the firefighters have been pushed to the point of exhaust exhaustion. >> about a quarter to 4:00 flames tore through the roof of the complex on state street. >> we couldn't get them on scene fast enough that's how fast ofs running. >> as many as 175 firefighters from as far as burlington and hunterdon counties called to service to help put out the blaze. terrified residents tram tram -- scrambled to get out of their homes. >> by the time we got out and got the dog out, it was at my house that fast. >> alice leach with only seconds to get out. >> when i walked out and i turned around, and i was overwhelmed with what i saw. >> they tell investigators men were on the roof. >> blow torches on the roof right there. >> by the time it was under control as many as 20 homes were damaged 15 heavily. some residents lost everything. >> oh, man. that's too bad. >> my daughter lost her fish in the fire and is so upset. >> her fish? >> five of them. >> five of them? >> she lost her

mercer county new jersey. 20 homes are damaged. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in hamilton township with what is happening this morningine. >> reporter: matt, this is a devastating fire. 60 people are out of their homes now. it's dark but you can still see some of the damage that remains after this massive fire here yesterday. you can see debris on the sidewalk on all of the charred out windows and the damage on the roof. the fire spread quickly through the roof yesterday. this fire broke out around 4:45 yesterday afternoon on the 1700 block of east state street in hamilton township. 175 firefighters, some from as far as burlington and hunterdon counties were called in to help battle these fast moving flames. investigators believe the fire began in the area of the roof and then spread quickly. there were roofers doing some work prior to the fire but investigators say the cause remains under investigation. some neighbors here have lost everything. they said the flames just moved so quickly. >> i went outside and the roof was -- like it was in flames and it just spread to my house so f it starter like four doors down. >

trying to pinpoint what caused 20 homes to burn in mercer county officials say it happened as workers were repairing a roof on east state street in hamilton township. the fire grew to six alarms yesterday, the flames spread across the shared roof of the entire row of houses. no one there was hurt. >> police in new castle county delaware, are investigating a hate crime. someone etched a swastika and racial slur into suv park on denim avenue in claymont. police say that they believe the vandalism took place early sunday morning. mayor green said she check her car after she noticed some of her flower pots were missing her husband's car was also vandalized. >> you would think in 2015 we still won't be going through this. >> it hurt because we get along with everybody in the neighborhood. >> authorities say this crime car ace felony charge. if you have any information you are asked to call police. >> a vigil is scheduled for this evening for a south jersey high school athlete injured in a hit-and-run. seventeen year old kyle was hit sunday morning on north hook road in pennsville. police say that zachary motorcycle donahue was the hit-and-run

. >>> dozens of people in mercer county are assessing the damage this morning after a six-alarm fire damaged 20 homes in hamilton township. a scene from skyforce10. you can see the flames eating through the rafters and smoke billowing beneath the roof. took more than 100 firefighters to control the fast-moving flames. the fire chief says he believes the fire started near a spot where roofers had been working. >>> police have arrested a second suspect in the murder of a man whose body was found in a suitcase near philadelphia airport. crystal libhart of philadelphia is charged with robbery, hindering and obstruction of justice after police arrested thomas brennan, charging him with the murder. police say brennan beat and stabbed to death scott bernheisel and stuffed his body in a suitcase. a man walking near the airport with his dog found the suitcase and alerted police. they say the victim had been staying in a house in south philadelphia where brennan also stayed. >>> philadelphia's carpenter's union says it promise not to interfere with pope francis' visit to philadelphia in september. the pope will visit phil

. >>> a dozen families in mercer county are home less after a six a alarm fire, ripped through 20 row homes. >> jennifer joyce live from hamilton township where this all happened and fire fighters there have been busy, jenny. >> reporter: very busy day yesterday lauren and chris. red cross is assisting all of these families right new without a home to go back to. as we mentioned 20 homes on this block are damage, several people without a place to live fire happened late yesterday afternoon roofers were working on one property at the time when flames broke out. witnesses say fire moves fast and spread across rooftops. fire was called to six a alarms involving nearly 200 fire fighters from hamilton township neighboring towns as far away as burlington and huntingdon counties. crews had a tough time. crews said they scrapple told get their family members out of the harms way. fire officials say it remains under investigation. >> we did find roofers working on the roof. the fire will remain under investigation. it moved fast. we ran out of personnel very quick. we could not get them on the scene fast enough that is how fast it was r

mercer county, new jersey, has meant an absolute disaster for a number of families. two dozen homes have burned and forced out those residents residents. "action news" reporter katherine scott lie in hamiltonp with the latest. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. this fire moved quickly. residents scrambled to get out. there were no injuries but there is a lot of damage and you can see some of it here this morning. flames tour through the roof. there's debris on the sidewalk. 60 people have been unable to return home: the smoke was heavy, the flames thick and they moved quickly. in the end 20 homes on this hamilton township block were damaged. 60 people have been displaced. many lost everything having little time to get out of their homes. >> when i walked out, when i turned around and i just was overwhelmed with what i saw. >> my daughter lost her fish in the fire. >> her pet fish. >> five of them. >> she lost her fish but her life is saved. >> reporter: the fire broke out around 3:45 monday afternoon on the 1700 block of east state street. 175 firefighters, some from as far as burlington and hunterdon counties were called in. investigators believe the fire began in th

mercer county neighborhood are picking under pieces this morning where a multi alarm fire destroyed nearly an entire block of homes. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live from that fire scene in hamiltonp. katherine. >> reporter: matt, thankfully no one was injured but this was a fast moving fire. there is a lot of destruction left behind. you can see as we take a look it's getting lighter, you can see some of the damage this morning. the flames jumped from roof to roof. that roof is just ripped apart. there's charred windows, 60 people have been displaced. she said she smelled smoke yesterday afternoon around 3:45 and looked outside. >> it started like four doors down. by the time we got out and got the dog out, you know, it was already at my house. >> reporter: in the end 20 homes were damaged. 15 of them heavily. 175 firefighters were called in to the 1700 block of east state street. some came as far as hunterdon and burlington counties to help battle the fast moving flames. >> it moved fast. we ran out of personnel. >> reporter: the cause of the fire remains under investigation. the red cross was killed in to assist the families devastated to have lost their homes but grateful for

damaged 20 homes in hamilton township new jersey a dozen people are forced out of their homes after a massive fire destroyed the entire 1700 block of east state street today mercer county investigators encountered the source of the blaze saying it was a blow torch by roofers doing work on a home there and deemed this an accident. many residents escaped with just the clothes on their back. one man upset to leave behind his wedding ring it was in one of the hardest homes hit. >> i want my wedding ring back. >> two pieces of good news there, jose got his ring back and you may remember this little girl last night, she was devastated that her pet fish was inside of her home and today they went in reunited it with the little girl. >> today the fire chief and american red cross met with residents to let them know what resources were available to them as they try to piece things together there. nora muchanic will have the latest tonight on "action news" at 5:00. a lot of devastation and bright spots as well. >> thank you alicia. it's a slow go on part of the northeast extension, where a pretty big sinkhole shut down one side of that highway, chopper 6 hd live over the s

mercer county today as the work of some astronauts took flight. >> three two, one! the blue sky was streaked with hand made rockets outside of the robinson school here in him hamilton and their the rockets hit the ground and then they head to the repair station so the students can take them home for a souvenir for the day. >>> a nice afternoon whatever you wanted to do. >> meteorologist adam joseph, is standing by with word that this is short lived. >> the sunshine through much of the day. the cloud cover coming in from the west and the humidity remains low and the humidity is not bad for this time of year. chilly at the shore as the clouds come in east wind, 75 in sea isle city, it warms some 79 in wilmington and north and west of town we are looking at low 80s, row placing the low to mid-90s the last couple of days, however this tl is a warm front aproefrping from the west and notice the chunk of rain intention from the ohio valley falling apart as it pushes to the east and hitting the drier air and we'll moisten up the atmosphere tonight and showers will start to fall after the midnight hour, 62 in trenton tonight and 63 in allentown and 65 in philadelphia and c

dozen families in in mercer county are homeless after a six a alarm fire ripped through some 20 row homes. sky fox over the scene along 1700 block of east state street in hamilton township, new jersey. fire investigators say roofers were working on a rooftop when fire started and then spread to other homes. >> i went outside and the roof was in flames. >> by the time we got out ape got the dog out it was already through the house that fast. >> fire officials called up the 175 fire fighters to help and many were already tired after battling other multi alarm fire, just three blocks away. red cross is helping victims and no one was hurt. >>> a 23 year-old man turns himself in for a hit and run accident in pennsville, new jersey. zachary mcdonough is charged with numerous offenses after police say he hit 17 year-old kyle pszenny. mcdonough thought he hit an animal and drove home. wasn't until he saw emergency crews past his house that he realized something else had happened. as for victim pszenny is out of surgery but in critical condition. >>> friend family and complete strangers the georgia toward say if bye to another teen involve in the hit and run accident. t