fire, joe biermann up above, lots of flames. what can you tell us, joe? >> reporter: hey, dana. we're headed back to the airport and spotted this. the best address i can give you is the 200 block of he did of denzinger road. it's spread to the home on the left. two homes on fire at the location. fire department is arriving. problems for emergency responders to get in there to fight the fire. no word on the cause. just listening to the fire department in my other ear they have declared a second alarm assignment here. 200 belong of denzinger you can see it started here heavy flames. we have seen residents on both sides fleeing their homes literally down the block to safety. no word of how it got started on ben singer we are west of the staten island or the staten island ferry. joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >> can you hold the picture for us? lonnie quinn is here. let's talk about wind fanning the flames. >> on staten island now, much of the area has a comfortable northwest wind. on staten island they are coming in from the south and we have had some gusts around sustained than the 10

a roof collapsed, joe biermann is in chopper 2 showing us pictures. a lot where is it? >> reporter: newark south 8th street and 15th avenue, a large roar and cloud of dust, upper floors of an abandoned building and roof collapsed on the street. the fire department says the good news is no injuries to report. joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >> thank you for the update, joe. >>> a risky surgery for this little girl from queens to remove a life threatening tumor on her face. and look normal. >> we're with her doctors and family before the complicated operation. >> a devastating flood at a church. their preschool is nearly destroyed. can they salvage anything? lonnie quinn. >> the rain situation out there right now, nothing is making its way to our area because of the northwest breeze. with once that northwest breeze turns, temperatures will start going up. i will tell you when that's going to happen. >> charlie rose is in for news. >> tonight on the cbs evening news. >> you can get the baby out of here. [ laughter ] >> that's the latest attendee to get kinged out of a don -- kic

let's check in with joe biermann for more details. joe. >> reporter: yup, it's actually well inside port newark as you can see. the cab of a tractor-trailer fully engulfed in flames. port authority fire and police fire out. we do believe the driver got out of the vehicle. live in chopper 2, joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> welcome back to the broadcast. i'm dick brennan. seniors stalked and robbed right at their front doors. the belmont section of the bronx on edge after two ruthless attacks that sound very similar. cbs 2's steve langford reports. >> reporter: two sundays, two elderly victims mugged on or and safety of their iconic neighborhood shattered. 81-year-old laura passero showing what happened to her. her face obscured at the request of her children. are you okay? >> um -- i'm -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: she is scared to go out anymore. she adds in italian. surveillance video showing out the attack began a suspect lurking outside her building as she struggles with a bag o

joe biermann is live in chopper 2 with more. joe, what are we seeing? >> reporter: hey, dick. this is southbound 287 in oakland up in bergen county exit 58. tractor-trailer caught fire. closed since 4:00, large traffic delays, southbound 287 coming up to the closure at exit 58. joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >>> now to launching an assault against zika attacking from the air and on the ground. they want to keep the outbreak of the virus from spreading further. weijia jang is live in miami with the latest. president obama just wrapped up a press conference saying the zika situation is getting critical and he urged congress to pass emergency funding. here in florida, some promising news. the governor just announced a portion of the zika zone has been cleared meaning that mosquitos there are no longer transmitting the virus. still, there are concerns it could spread to other parts of the state and country. spraying from the air to try to all die which means it was effective. >> reporter: the target, the mosquito that's proved tough to get rid of. aggressive efforts to fight mosquitos

joe biermann is live in chopper 5 with more. >> reporter: tough commute island expressway into exit 48 various lanes closed a three- car fender-bender. delays of 7 to 8 miles. live in chopper 2, joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> in tonight's "living large," we are going to 27 monroe place. it's a street in the heart of brooklyn heights lined with mansions. cbs 2's emily smith has the tour. ?[ music ]? this five-story brooklyn heights brownstone has a typical traditional jim cornell gave us the tour. >> the kitchen as you can see, there are many, many feet of marble, countertop, this is statute wear marble. if you look up, this is a nautilus shaped spiral staircase. it's got a mahogany handrail here and then the stair treads are i believe the same five inch white oak that the rest of the flooring in the house is. >> reporter: dining room seats 10 easily. >> this is a very sort of informal sitting room. this would be great for if you were having a casual dinner up here and you wanted to retire here after dinner with your guests. there's a much more formal living room in the fro

joe biermann reports. >> reporter: it's an underground search. this started around 1 p.m. stop. the driver of that vehicle fled, jumped into the passaic river there in newark, swam into a storm drain, and then somehow got into the sewer system in newark. what you're looking at, police detectives, they have one manhole open right off route 21 by the drawbridge. they are searching the underground sewer system for this man that fled from a car stop in harrison. no other details. live in chopper 2, joe >> thank you, joe, for the update. >>> the latest technology in track storms with cbs 2's new and improved mobile weather lab, lonnie quinn live in columbus circumstance toll give us a -- circle to give us a preview. lonnie? >> reporter: this is amazing. this is day one, the debut of the cbs 2 mobile weather lab. it does everything the last mobile weather lab did plus more. more square footage to bigger vehicle. that equipment does and how this can make monitoring a storm easier for us and for you as well right after the break. >>> also tonight at 6:00, a tree travesty. a damaging dis

joe biermann live in chopper 2 over the scene. exactly where are you, joe? >> reporter: well, dana, we're up in bergen county. this is oakland southbound 287 right by exit right above route 202. tractor-trailer plows into the guardrail, catches fire. now they are working on clearing everything out of the back of that tractor-trailer to make sure the fire is completely out. southbound delays of 8 miles, northbound rubbernecking delays of 5 miles. tough commute for anybody up near bergen county. live in chopper 2, joe >>> now to the latest on the fight against zika. researchers now looking to start human trials for three vaccines that protected monkeys against infection from the virus. air spraying began today in a miami neighborhood where at least 15 cases of locally transmitted zika have been reported. late today the florida governor said a portion of the zika zone has been cleared. >> we feel comfortable now in that one-mile radius, we can take 10 corner and say we don't believe there's any active transmission of zika. so from the state's health department

joe biermann is live in chopper 2. joe, what do you have? >> reporter: hey, guys. real mystery developing out here in syosset. at 4:30 comes in reports of a car fire here on the 200 block of southwoo it wants a blazing car fire, but now there's an unconfirmed fatality inside that automobile. a lot more police activity surrounds it. a lot of police detectives from nassau county starting to come out to the scene. you can see it's on the wrong side of the street at a stop sign just at a highly residential area. so developing story here in syosset. live in chopper 2, joe >>> now as we all know skipping the sunscreen on any day can have consequences down the road. that's what momentum patients are -- that's what melanoma patients are learning the hard way. new therapy that could save lives. >> they have been delivering milk for almost 100 years. now the elmhurst dairy is closing. why they have no choice. coming up. ?? ?? ?? ?? don't miss out on the best us open yet. the 2016 us open. get your tickets today. for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, [ inhale

live in chopper 2, joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >>> a heartbroken homeowner wants to know why someone would steal a sacred from her lawn and she is not alone. cbs 2's vanessa murdoch says tonight police are searching for a suspect who has been on a burglary spree in nutley. >> i feel so bad. >> reporter: maria says she felt like crying when she discovered her statue of st. anthony had been stolen. >> i didn't do nothing to nobody. why the people got to steal my stuff. >> reporter: an elephant now stands where the blessed virgin mary used to. or who would want to steal it. >> they range between $200 and $700 apiece. >> reporter: surgeon anthony a detective with nutley police said nine religious statues have been stolen in the past several months along with other garden ornaments. >> we believe it may be the same people. >> reporter: confirmed the m.o. is always the same. items stolen at night from the front steps or front lawn. police believe the suspect or suspects may live right here in town and this pipeline to stay out of sight while transporting the stolen goods. william cook tells his