at joint base mcguire dix lakehurst. >> it's on range troopers use for training. >> reporter: they're not sure if practices were underway on the range when the fire started. but it quickly spread consuming 40 acres so far. dry humid conditions fueling the flames. >> our folks and the joint base fire department firefighters are using bulldozers to make a containment line around the fire. one the contain many lines are done we'll use a back fire to burn out the rest of the area that hasn't burned. >> reporter: helicopters continue to drop 300 gallons buckets of water dousing the flames helping the fire fight from the air. >> shelter in place. get those windows closed. if you have a respiratory problem don't go outside. >> reporter: on the ground air quality forced the evacuation of at least 20 people from a nearby mobile home park. >> they said we can come back but it's definitely worse than what it was before. the smoke is way worse than what it was when i came four hours ago. >> i never went that was this before. >> seemed like it's been getting smokey eighty three and stuff. i don't

at joint base mcguire dix lakehurst. >> it's on range troopers use for training. >> reporter: they're not sure if practices were underway on the range when the fire started. but it quickly spread consuming 40 acres so far. dry humid conditions fueling the flames. >> our folks and the joint base fire department firefighters are using bulldozers to make a containment line around the fire. one the contain many lines are done we'll use a back fire to burn out the rest of the area that hasn't burned. >> reporter: helicopters continue to drop 300 gallons buckets of water dousing the flames helping the fire fight from the air. >> shelter in place. get those windows closed. if you have a respiratory problem don't go outside. >> reporter: on the ground air quality forced the evacuation of at least 20 people from a nearby mobile home park. >> they said we can come back but it's definitely worse than what it was before. the smoke is way worse than what it was when i came four hours ago. >> i never went that was this before. >> seemed like it's been getting smokey eighty three and stuff. i don't

for comfort. >> reporter: that wildfire continue burning through a training rage at joint base mcguire dixurst but today they have a much boelter handle on the blaze which has blackened roughly 220 acres. >> good news. i was very scared yesterday when something like that happens and you have to pack everything up and leave your home, it's scary. >> reporter: this is what it looked like wednesday afternoon when the fire broke out in a wooded area of the base in browns mills. the spreading flames prompted the temporary evacuation of several houses at the lake shore mobile home park. >> i actually seen the burrs, the fire burrs coming over and everything like that so i figured its of time to get out of here. >> reporter: officials say the fire was reported in an area in a range the troops use for train pennington they say it's likely training was going on when the fire began but they can't say for sure that's what actually caused the blaze. >> i didn't get much sleep. >> reporter: tell me why. >> because it was so smoky and my house still smelled of smoke. and since we have propane out here,

. >>> a fire is burning on mcguire-dix-lakehurst, dieing winds are helping them fight the fire, if they get rain it will help more. authorities are urging people nearby to stay ray letter. a volunteer evacuation was issued to some residents. crews have the blaze contained at 215 acres last night. a final vote in pennsylvania could come as late as today. the state house backed a plan to authorize slot machines at airport and online gambling and fantasy sports betting, there's no indication it will be signed in by tom wolf. ben simmons worked out by teeno. they lost the first 17 games into the last two seasons and led to the regulation of sam hinkey the architect of what was dubbed, the process. simmons said to be the best player available in the draft in many, many years. >> what do they need from the team. >> they might have the pieces already. >> wildwood life officials believe they have caught the alligator that killed a boy at disney world. >> reporter: we have no rain just yet, it's on the way, we could see strong storms in participates of the region, details on that coming up. >> m

out of burlington county, firefighters working through the night trying to put out a fire on the mcguire-dix military base. more than 200 acres burn so far, firefighters work on the ground and in the air to contain this, at last check, 25% contained, no evacuations on the base. but some of those living at mobile home park just few hundred yards away did have to leave. >> all coy see, flames shooting up above those trees there. i mean, it was engulfed. and then of course they came and told us we had to evacuate. >> no in danger, no words on the cause. >> five year old from chester hit by stray bullet in drive-by shooting earlier this month says he's too scared to go back to the apartment where this happened. on the night of june 6, gunman sprayed shots into a group of men standing around the family's chester housing authority department. this is on the 400 block every whittington. single shot hit the kitchen window and hit five year old mark as his parents tried to protect him. will tasha, his mother, says the cha has rejected her request to move her family to safer public housing. >> i don't

the fire started yesterday afternoon at a training range on the grounds of the joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst, it is unclear if any military activity was underway at the time. "action news" spoke to residents from a nearby mobile home park who are under a voluntary evacuation order. >> keeping on aon everything, it's smoky. >> like several hundreder yards off the back. >> reporter: what do you do? >> pack and get ready to go. >> reporter: now, firefighters are actually using a helicopter if you can go back to the big board they are using the helicopter to scoop water from nearby lake and taking it wildfire and dumping it on it. the weather conditions are favorable, low winds and high humidity we'll see if we get rain from the storms. >> developing now, the u.s. house officially adjourned a few hours ago, but democrats are on the house floor waging a sit-in. house speaker paul ryan said it's a no go, a measure that was defeated in the senate. he calls the sit-in political grand standing. c-span cut the cameras when both parties are not on the floor, so they are using social media. >> we are on

and firefighters still battling the wildfire at a training range on the grounds of the joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst. >> there is a range that the troops use for training. >> was there training going on at the time? >> that's unclear at this time. >> using a 300-gallon bucket to scoop water from nearby mirror lake going back and forth to the scene. and also using bulldozers to draw a containment line to keep the wildfire from spreading. and residents of the trailer park started evacuating. >> so far they are volunteer. some carried things to vehicles to get ready to move just in case. >> you can't bring everything. >> and saying her family's house burned down when she was 9 years old, she doesn't take chances with a fire a mile away. >> just several hundred yards off the back. >> what do you do? >> pack and get ready to go. the animal stuff and a couple of days of stuff in my car and ready to go. >> others keeping a nervous eye on things. >> i'm going to keep an eye on everything because it's so smoky i am a little scared right now. >> now the authorities urge them to stay alert. >> get the windows

. >>> today don't be surprised if you hear loud blasts coming from joint base mcguire dix lake hurst.he training is scheduled during day light and evening hours tuesday. if you live nearby you might feel the ground shake or hear a loud noise. don't be alarmed. >>> today the delaware olympics special games are wrap up in nouri al mali newark. they're competing in aquatics, softball and track and field. things get under way this afternoon at 8:00. everything is free. come out to the delaware sports complex to cheer on the athletes. >>> new video of a solar airplane leaving the lehigh valley to continue on its global journey. the solar impulse 2 took off from the international airport around 11:00 last night and flew over new york city early this morning before landing at jfk international airport. that completed the plane's crossing of the united states. next it will cross the atlantic ocean. >>> could there be two women in the white house? the latest speculation about hillary clinton's possible vp and why she could help sway bernie sanders' voters. >>> the democratic national conventio

. >>> today don't be surprised if you hear loud blasts coming from joint base mcguire-dix-lakehu t mcguire-dix-lakehurstd during day light and evening hours. through tuesday. if you're driving through the area you may feel the ground shake or hear a loud noise. don't worry. they're just doing practice. >>> if you haven't finalized plans for independence day, come out and celebrate with us at the wawa welcome america festival. nbc10 and our parent company comcast nbc universal are the new home for the nation's biggest birthday party. eight days of fun starting june 27 and running through july 4. look for stories, headliners and event schedules right now on the nbc10 app and on our website nbc10.com. we have you covered. >>> if you're looking to take a vacation to a place few americans have ever been before, now is your chance. soon you'll be able to fly directly from philadelphia to cuba. there are some restrictions you need to know about. we'll talk about it after the break. >>> just about quarter until 10:00 right now on this saturday. 70 degrees outside the nbc10 studios. take a look at this. we have

the fire started at yesterday afternoon on the training range at mcguire-dix-lakehurst. unclear if any military activity was underway. "action news" spoke to residents who are under a voluntary order. >> it's smoky, i'm scwairld right -- scared right now. >> it's several hundred yards off the back. >> reporter: what do you do? >> pack and get ready to go. >> reporter: check this out, firefighters are using water from nearby mirror lake they are scooping it up and dumping it back on the fire to make sure they don't have any hot spots breaking out again. you can watch the fire from chopper 6 live right now on 6abc.com, we're streaming that. the weather conditions are pretty decent for this, low winds and high humidity and tam we'll see if we get any rain from the storms later today. >> developing now, the house officially adjourned a few hours ago, but democrats are on the floor waging a sit in for gun control. house speaker ryan called it grand standing since the measures were defeated in the senate. democrats are streaming their cause on social media, since c c-span shut

. >>> if you live near joint base mcguire dix lake hearst. don't be surprised if you hear loud blasts. soldiers are conducted live fire mortar training from today until tuesday. the training during daylight and evening hours. the surrounding communities may feel the ground shake or hear loud noises. again, don't be alarmed. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf wants 70,000 people to be address concerns in warrenton and horsham. dozens of private and public wells taken off-line because of contamination from unregulated chemicals at three nearby military bases. >>> it took 40 firefighters to put out this row house fire in oak lane today. sky 4's 10 flew tloover the sce. the fire started in the basement. investigators working to figure what sparked it, but no one was hurt. >>> three men forced to jump to safety after this fire tore through their south jersey house overnight. you can see the flames shooting through every window. a corner of the house and three people trapped in this. two on the second floor. one on the third. neighbors rushed in an

it started around 2:30 this afternoon inside the mcguire dix lakehurst joinder military base. 91 of the 42,000 who work here had to be evacuated but some neighbors at this mobile home park did. >> oh, i just scene flames shooting up above those trees there. i mean it was engulfed and then of course they came and told us we had to evacuate. >> reporter: debra pancoast lived in browns hills her entire life but never experienced this. >> i was scared and i left my animals here and i just left. you know, i mean, i was so scared. my daughter was crying. >> reporter: jerry willits missing part of a lung was breathing in the smoke getting thicker by the moment around 3:00 this afternoon. >> nobody got really really thick and at first the wind started picking up and that's when it really took off. >> reporter: observation helicopters blew above the fire to help the new jersey fire service track its movement with water drops to assist the 100 firefighters on the ground. right now we're very fortunate there's a large swamp that the fire has run into. so that swamp knocked the fire to more control

officials say the fire scorched more than 40 acres on the property of joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst in pemberton township. residents who were forced to evacuate are now back in their homes. >>> it is a night all sixers fans have been waiting for, draft night. >> the sixers have the first pick in the draft, and fans are fired to up hear officially who they will select. sports director don bell joins us from the sixers draft party, merry christmas, don. >> reporter: it is like merry christmas, right? this is unbelievable, a great scene here at eakin's oval, right at the base of the art museum steps. if you drive by here, you will see several tents set up, where the draft party; expecting thousands of people to come out here and celebrate, which is really could be the biggest night in franchise history. twenty years ago, they drafted allen iverson, with the number one overall pick, to give you quick look what's going on here at this draft party. take a look around. people just gathering, getting ready to get started here, the draft starts right about 7:00. expecting 6ers to make their

this is what the fire looked like at joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst in browns mills on win.w 95 percent contained. officials say it burned 220 acres. right now there are no reports of damage to nearby property. crews will spend the weekend monitoring the fire and putting out any hot spots. still no word just yet on how all of this began. >>> an investigation continues today into what caused an mysterious odor to fill a building on villanova's campus. at least one person was taken to the hospital as a precaution. chopper6 was over the scene shortly after nine:00 at the driscoll hall college of nursing on the 800 block of east lancaster avenue in bryn mawr. police say a number of people reported feeling sick. school officials say they are monitoring the air quality this afternoon. >> time to check in with meteorologist adam joseph. some parts very dry. other parts busy with some rain activity. >> this is beautiful, it's dry, it's sunny,. others going okay shut off the water. where it's raining is where a lot of people are at the shor shore. it's drier to the north of philadelp

mcguire-dix-lakehurst because of the brushfire julius town road is closed. >> david is off, karen rogers one, storm tracker 6 live is showing light showers near allentown and trenton. philadelphia basically dry. we see the rain south and east of the city in southern new jersey and delaware. we're not seeing strong storms, the storm prediction center took us off the list of severe weather. it's looking good. we'll get rain, that will push off the coast. the second half of the day humid 81 degrees for the high. thunderstorms late tonight into the overnight hours, matt. >> a protest over gun legislation continues at this hour on capitol hill. the house as adjourned but democrats remain on the floor waging a sit-in in the wake of orlando shooting. >>> live with kellie is next. cameron diaz is a guest. i'm matt o'donnell have a great thursday! announcer: it's "live with kelly." today the beautiful and talented cameron diaz. plus from the movie "the spy," ben falcone. and gloria vanderbilt gives us a glimpse into her incredible life. plus anderson cooper takes the seat next to kelly. all next

the smoke on the turnpike from forest fire burning over there on the for the dicks grounds, mcguire fort dix air for the base, now, here is a live look, at 202, we haven't seen any rain moving in to our immediate chester county delaware county area, but it is on the way, as sue mentioned, live look at the benny, starting to see volume. south on 59 looking good at the moment from cottman into girard do, have delays at baltimore and washington, as far as airports go. that's domino effect here in philly. mike and alex back into you. >> sounds like me at wedding veep sean, nobody listening. wild scene on the house floor, while were you sleeping, now, listen to this, it was led by, i say, casino of led by georgia congressman john lewis, but he had a lot of support, more than 200 democrat, staging that sit in. since noon, basically, yesterday. >> scheduled to take recess until after the july the fourth, won't show up until july 5th. pennsylvania representative bob brady was just on the phone with us, and brendon boyle, who we talk earlier, are among the democrats taking part would spoke with bob b