for now that is the latest on this breaking news live in logan township gloucester county, joe holdenbs3 "eyewitness news." >> all right, joe, thank you. >> well its a miserable thursday if you were out this morning you know it poured at times and traffic was a mess. >> let's see how it is right now. meteorologist katie -- kate fehlinger with the latest. >> we're seeing the worst of the really widespread rain lifts north at this point rahel but yeah, it's been a very dreary day so far and i can't honestly remember just off the top of my head anyway when the last time was that we could wake up to a beautiful sunrise. feels like it's been forever, right? but we are going to catch some breaks along the way into even the midday. take a look at storm scan. the bulk of the really heavy rain and even the light rain, heck, that's all lifted to the north. we are not out of the woods though. don't let this deceive you. we're still going to see eventual additional showers if not even a few thunderstorms. we'll talk much more about this through the second half of the show here in my full forecast

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden has the story now from logan township gloucester county. >> a cloudgas rice frost a rail tanker, as result hundredses in logan township had to be evacuated. the power was cut to the area, and people waited. >> trying to see whatever, whatever time they're going to open up, and all be still going to work. >> basically you don't want to go home and then have to come back again. >> emergency officials say the 30,000-gallon tanker was full of pro poe lean. told local company in the industrial park received it by rail and transfers and ships it out by truck. >> it was leaking from the valve. whether that val malfunctioned or not, the hazmat team is assessing it now. >> hundreds of workers were dismissed earl fry their jobs, no nearby homes were affected. children at a day care in the industrial park were safely

. >>> in logan township gloucester county authority his to evacuate thousands of workers from an industrial area this morning when a rail car started to leak the chemical once that turns to vapor it can explode. "action news" reporter gray hall has more from the scene. >> reporter: we can tell you that things are calmer now and good news. first crews stopped the leak and the roads in the area are now back open. >> good news hazmat teams were able to make entry into the zone and with the support of the viper suppression from the fire departments they were able to get the valve secured. >> a big sigh of relief from emergency workers and the threat of an explosion is over in logan township. after a valve on a 30,000 gallon rail car failed and leaked chemical similar to propane into the air. >> it poses a significant health threat and it's an irritant and the primary issue was the fire hazard and explosion hazard. 1900 people were evacuated from nearby businesses and people said the smoke near their jobs was alarming. >> you could see the gas bubbling up and it was a little frightening. >> we h

from a rail car you see much like the one you see here behind me here in logan township, gloucester county. forced the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people and caused widespread power outages. the logan township wawa finally reopened tonight. the store's power was shut off for most of the afternoon and all day gas leak evacuated half mile radius in the rural and industrial area of swedesboro. this is the reason. a rail car filled to the top with 30,000 gallons of highl hiy flammable propylene it started leaking around 10:00 this morning on the unit block of osprey court. valve stem value cough the leak for five hours before it was capped by hazmat crews. >> first the initial was to shelter in place. nobody to stan outside within five minutes they came changing plans. everybody is going to evacuate. >> reporter: james captured video of this huge gas plume at the leak site. he was one of about 1900 workers from nearly 100 businesses a daycare center evacuated from the pure lapped industrial park. >> they didn't tell us what kind of a gas leak it was at first. when we came out and we saw

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden has the story now from logan township gloucester county. >> a cloud of flammable gas rice frost a rail tanker, as result hundredses in logan township had to be evacuated. the power was cut to the area, and people waited. >> trying to see whatever, whatever time they're going to open up, and all be still going to work. >> basically you don't want to go home and then have to come back again. >> emergency officials say the 30,000-gallon tanker was full of pro poe lean. told local company in the industrial park received it by rail and transfers and ships it out by truck. >> it was leaking from the valve. whether that val malfunctioned or not, the hazmat team is assessing it now. >> hundreds of workers were dismissed earl fry their jobs, no nearby homes were affected. children at a day care in the industrial park were safely busted, to nearby hotel. the cool temperatures and morning showers were described to be best kate scenarios as the gas release played out. >> we could contract, if the leak becomes less, but it could go on for quite a while. >> joe hol

where a railroad car is leaking propane here in logan township gloucester county.two people have been taken to the hospital in the area and parts of the area are also evacuated. gray hall is live near the scene now with the latest. >> reporter: well, sara and rick we want to mention that this leak is impacting traffic 295 southbound exit 10 closed because of this leak. so if you have to travel this area keep that in mind. 295 south exit 10 because of this. we are feet away from the command center here, you can see emergency vehicle cars that are blocked because of the trees there, but

where a railroad car is leaking propane here in logan township gloucester county. two people have been taken to the hospital in the area and parts of the area are also evacuated. gray hall is live near the scene now with the latest. >> reporter: well, sara and rick we want to mention that this leak is impacting traffic 295 southbound exit 10 closed because of this leak. so if you have to travel this area keep that in mind. 295 south exit 10 because of this. we are feet away from the command center here, you can see emergency vehicle cars that are blocked because of the trees there, but lets take you to the video we shot moments ago. we captured this video of the leak, the cloud of white smoke coming from the rail car, this happened on center square road in logan township. a 30,000 gallon type rail car leaking from a valve. that is the initial report it's not clear how much propane was in the rail car or how much leaked so far. no serious injuries and two people were transported to the hospital. we are told now at least one person was taken to the hospital just to b

. >>> towering flame is new development in the railcar leak last thursday in logan township gloucester count that i led to evacuations. chopper three was ever head as crews flared up products that leaked from the railcar, authorities say there is no threat to earned ising neighbors from the flare. >>> something appeared in the sky today that we have not seen in a while, yeah, sun, meteorologist lauren casey joins us live on the sky deck, is it still out? how long will it be with us. >> still out, i'm doing a happy dance because the sunshine has return, just kind of puts you in a much better mood, we have had damp, dreary weather, the majority of the last several days but now, it looks nice, feels nice and temperatures, are much warmer and seasonably appropriate. check in on our numbers right now, feeling great, in center city. 79 degrees. we are at 80 in allentown. seventy-nine in reading. down the shore we have a sea breeze but temperature still up in the zero seven's and our 24 hour temperature change i don't need to tell you this we're in the double digit. fifteen to 20 degrees warm

hospitalized after a rail car in gloucester county started leaking flammable gas. 30,000 gallons of the gas started bursting from the tanker at the pure lands park in logan townships replaced when they say was a faulty valve. hundreds of workers at the style park went home early. children from a day care center nearby went to a hotel. i remember the noon show yesterday, some people couldn't get to work, children couldn't go to day care. >> craziness yesterday. >> yes. >> so will it be craziness in the weather that's what i want to know. >> well, i don't think so, at least not for today. it will be a little unsettled, jim. so doing anything this weekend, just keep your ears open. it will be a little bit up and down. so far this morning, it is not too bad. couple every light showers out there. but we will actually see little bit of sunshine kicking off the day, as well, we didn't see really any of it until late, late in the day yesterday, but again, some sunshine, early on this morning, it will be breezy, and it will be on the warmer side of things, as we go through the afternoon hours. we didn't even hit 07 degrees yesterday. probably going to be upward of about m

gloucester county. officials say a faulty valve caused the leak from a tanker car at the pure land industrial park in logan township. hundreds were evacuated and hundreds of workers of the industrial park were sent home early. children at a day care center were sent to a hotel. one person suffered a non-life threatening injuries. >>> president trump is in italy this morning for his first g7 summit. the president and first lady melania arrived in sicily yesterday ahead of the meetings. over the course of the few days the president will sit down with leaders from some of the worlds' wealthiest nations to discuss topics like terrorism, trade, climate change. sicily is the fifth and final stop of mr. trump's first international trip as president. >>> and that trip follows the nato summit in brussels, a lot of people talking about this video which appears to show president trump, you just saw him there, pushing aside the prime minister to get to the front of the group for a photo op. the president then addressed his jacket, the white house says the standing order for the photo op was pre-determined, as usual. >> british

hospitalized after a rail car in gloucester county started leaking flammable gas. 30,000 gallons of gas leaked from tanker as pure lands industrial park in logan townshiprews were placed what they say was faulty valve. hundreds of workers at the industrial park had to go home early. children at day care center nearby sent to hotel for their safety. >> we're learning more about the man wanted in the brutal attack of disable man in chester county. now take a look at the surveillance video taken earlier this month, in 7-eleven parking lot in west chester. police say 29 year old barry baker, mocked a man with cerebral palsy before sucker punch him in the face. baker now facing more charges for violating a probation violation in a domestic relations case. >> many people have called and said i watched that video once, and i can't watch it again. it is too disturbing to see it more than once. >> this isn't baker areas first run in with the law. we found out he once pled guilty to selling flag holders from veterans graves to a scrap metal company. says baker talks about fleeing to florida, thankfully, the victim is recovering. >> the day after being charged wi