paramedics took one to penn presbyterian, one confirmed dead. also word from the red cross, they say they are headed here to the scene to assist, also, shuttle buses oing in place of septa routes 34, the trolley service between 40th and 61st street, because of the fire, again, there is much of this area has been blocked off. it was difficult for us to even access or get anywhere near this scene, because of the traffic closures. we plan to speak with the fire commissioner in just a few minutes, again, very limited details, but there is a lot of activity here now, so we will bring you all of the latest, more information becomes available. but for now, liver in cobbs creek, anita oh, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> very sad news, thank you, anita. >> new this morning, philadelphia police officers shot at, while chasing down a group of robbery suspects. it all happened around 1:30 this morning at lawndale and luzern street in philadelphia's felt end ville section. police say three teens robbed a man at gunpoint, and then ran off, when police chased the

adam tiehl says they rushed the 39 year-old man who made need treatment at the bush center at penn presbyterian medical center. >> fire officials say icy conditions complicated fire fighting efforts and it took an hour to get the blaze under control. wind also, played a factor, spreading the fire to three homes, displacing at least nine neighbors. while red cross helps families who can somehow rebuild, is there a feeling of loss for fire fighters who tried to save the young boy's life. >> they are heart broken. we all have kid. they're all heart broken that they could not do more. >> reporter: in cobbs creek, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> philadelphia police officers were shot at while chasing down a group of robbery suspects this morning. it all happened around 1:30 at lawn dale and luzerne streets in philadelphia's feltonville section. police say that three teens robbed a man at gunpoint and then ran off, but police chased them, they opened fire. no one was hurt and all three suspects are in custody. >>> suspect in the june shooting of a folcroft police officer is due in court thi

the suspect was taken to penn presbyterian in stable condition. >>> your time, 9:05. there's important information for parents and students out there, there can be a revamp of the statewide grading system in state schools. education leaders proposed a change called future ready pha pha -- pennsylvania index. standardized testing would play less of a role with other indicators taking on more importance. under the current system 90% of the school's annual score is based on on the student in standardized testing. >>> jordon matthews said the team have been derailed by dumb mistakes. he said it's time to correct the mistakes when they face the ravens in baltimore. carson wentz will be standing behind a banged up offensive line which could make for a tough day for the rookie. else one of the most hit and sacked quarterbacks in the nfl. >>> the clock is ticking down toward christmas, the big day if you're counting seven days away, that means 6 shopping days left. despite the cold weather, people were out in droves trying to tick off the holiday lists. "action news" reporter

he was transported to penn presbyterian know critical condition.o arrests have been made just yet. >>> and a woman and child escape out of a second story window after flames break out in a west philadelphia home. this happened in the 1400 block of north 61st street. both the 26-year-old woman and four-year-old child suffered severe burns as well as smoke inhalation. they're still stable tonight. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> president-elect donald trump wrapped up his thank you tour in alabama this afternoon an big crowd cheered on trump when he took the stage in mobile for nearly a month the president-elect has traveled across battleground states that were key to his upset victory over hillary clinton. now in august 2015 a huge rally in mobile gave trump's fledgling presidential campaign quite a boost. >> never, ever stop believe dreaming. and if you do that, then altogether. >> we will make america strong again. we will make america wealthy again. we will make america safe again. and we will make america great again. >>

she was pronounced dead at penn presbyterian hospital. commissioner richard ross says the police pursuit is under investigation. >> a lot of things that involve discretion in these cases, though. so these are the things that we want to look at. we want to look into police radio tapes which will obviously be pulled to see whether or not there was talk of conditions, speed, and things like that. >> reporter: police quickly arrested the suspects, their names have not been released. >>> and an arrest in the big case in overbrook a man is behind bars tonight, police have charged him with homicide by vehicle, in the death of eight year-old gazania powell. "eyewitness news" reporter, anita oh has been following this story all week long and she joins us live at police headquarters with the details, anita? >> reporter: good evening, nicole. police believe that paul woodlyn borrowed the car that was involved in the hit and run that killed eight year-old jayanna powell in overbrook two weeks ago and while neighbors hope this arrest brings the family

the suspect was taken to penn presbyterian in stable condition. police believe the employee act understand self-defense. >>> this morning at least nine deaths nationwide are being blamed on accidents on snowy icy roads. this is a jaw-dropping pileup in baltimore. tens of millions are caught in the middle of the cold and slick conditions. we have more on the winter blast. >> reporter: millions of americans are in the frigid grip of a cold weather system sprawling from the midwest to the northeast. >> i've got all my gear on. >> reporter: snow, ice and freezing rain turned highways deadly. in baltimore a gas tanker truck overturned and plunged off i-95 and burst into flames. cell phone video captured the moment it went skidding across the slick pavement tichg -- tipping over and exploding. at least three people are reported killed. in fairfax, virginia, as many as 30 vehicles were caught in this chain-reaction crash. a man's body was found near the crash up, believed to be a victim. in nora -- new mexico another p. even roads that look safe can be t

the victim was critically injured and flown to penn presbyterian hospital. police have not said what led to the shooting. >>> back here a stranger and scary sight played out in center city. no, this is not snow, it's flame retardant foam covering the street outside a peco substation. bob brooks spoke with the people amazed by the sight. >> i saw in our backyard this invasion of the foam monster. >> reporter: from neighbor's balconies, it looked like snow. a board chopper 6 hd we could see it was spewing out of the substation doors and into juniper street. someplaces the foam would reach 6 to 7 feet tall. it started with an explosion. >> there's a fire alarm going on. i didn't go anything of it. i was chilling in my bed and i heard a huge explosion. >> then all of a sudden what looked like giant soap bubbles came down in front of our house. >> another person caught the schoation on his phone. the phone system was triggered to prevent further damage from inside. the foam filled the entire peco substation. >> there were two holes on the side of the building, it

. >>> shots were fireside in an montgomery county neighborhood, medics flew a man to penn presbyterian hospital in critical condition after he was shot in the stomach inside his home on the 1200 block of dekalb pike in norristown. police have not named any suspects or motives in the shooting. >>> many people living in center city will likely never forget the day an entire city block was covered with foam up to 6 feet high. take a look at this right here. the foam was a safety feature triggered by an explosion inside a peco substation along the 400 block of south juniper street. there were no injuries reported. but there was pleasant going on to put folks in a scare there. >> we saw in our backyard this invasion of the foam monster. >> the fire am alarm was going on, i heard a huge explosion. >> what looked like giant soap bubbles started flowing down in front of our house. >> experts say the foam did its job because it prevented any fire in the buildings from spreading. investigators are looking into the cause of the explosion. >>> fedel castro ashes are now in their final resting plac

the victim was critically injured and flown to penn presbyterian hospital. police have not said what led to the shooting. >> it was a strange, even scary sight that played out in center city. it's flame retardant foam that's covering a street outside the peco substation looked like snow. this explosion caught on cell phone video got people concerned. "action news" reporter, bob brooks spoke to people amazed by the sight. >> we saw in the backyard the invasion of the foam monster. >> reporter: it looked like snow, some compared it to a monster. a board chopper 6 hd you can see it spewing out of the peco substation doors. someplaces of foam would reach 6 to 7 feet tall. >> there was a fire alarm going on. i was chilling in my bed and i heard an explosion. >> then all of a sudden what looked like giant soap bubbles started flowing down in frobility of the house. >> reporter: -- floating down in front of the house. >> reporter: while a neighbor watched he would capture the explosion on the phone. so startled he dropped the phone. the foam system was triggered to

. >> reporter: the woman was rushed to penn presbyterian hospital where she was pronounced a short time later. this is video from the scene. two police cruiser had their lights and sirens on when they pursuing the nissan involved in the multi-vehicle crash at 7:15 at 52nd and locust when the woman was struck broadside. the incident began at 48th and westminster when officers respond to shots fired. when they arrived, the people in the nissan fled. >> we pulled video from a store around 48th and westminster, we see the nissan and another vehicle involved in an altercation and gunshots were fired from the black nissan and white vehicle fs there was a shooting -- there was a shooting that did occur and the officers pursued the vehicle and unfortunately an accident happened at 52nd and locust. >> reporter: police apprehended the people in the nissan they were taken to the hospital and expected to be charged. they recovered a gun from the nissan, as well. reporting outside of police headquarters, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> a man is being questioned in the hit-and-run death o

he was transported to penn presbyterian in critical condition. at the this point no arrests have been made. >>> authorities are investigating a fire after a woman and child escaped out of the second story window, the fire happened yesterday, in the 1400 block of north 61st street in west philadelphia, and 26 year-old woman and four year-old child suffered severe burns and smoke inhalation, both are in stable condition. >>> philadelphia police and fbi are looking for suspects after two bank robberies, authorities say that the the man, on your screen there walked into citizens bank on the 8600 block of germantown avenue yesterday morning with the handgun. they believe he is one that demanded money and then ran off. at noon investigators say these two men robbed a td bank on the 5500 block of ridge avenue also holding a gun. if you have any information call the number on your screen (215)418-4000. >>> get your letters, card, holiday packages ready because tomorrow is expect to be the busiest mail day of the year. that is according to the u.s. postal

police say the victim is now in extremely critical condition at penn presbyterian there's no word yet on motive. >> relief for families who live in the upper perk park school district. police identified a person who made a threat to harm students. that threat posted on train gram posted school officials to shut down the high school, the middle school and two elementary schools in montgomery county district. officials say the district no longer face as credible threat. all afternoon activities continue today and classes will resume tomorrow. >>> happening now, the deadly danger of heroin is hitting one philly neighborhood particularly hard. nine people died over the weekend. police say a bad batch of the opie i don't do may be to blame. many of the victims died within blocks of one another. >> most of them died in kensington. a section of philly associated with the heartbreak of opioid addiction. fox 29's dave kinchen live at east detectives. dave? >> reporter: sources are telling us tonight that philadelphia police narcotics officers are out in the neighborhood undercover trying to bu

they were initially transported to penn presbyterian and may end up in the burn center. this was a very large fire fight, more than an hour, because of the very cold, very windy conditions, it is very tough fire ground. i was just in the building. as our crews were trying to make it up to the second floor the fire did a flash over which essentially involves the entire building on fire and just a really tough fire fight our folks are just a tragic outcome. >> reporter: can you tell us some of the challenges. >> it is very killed. we are fighting ice. all of the crews arized up. there was the wind that drove the fire, the initial occupancy drove tonight to two other adjacent exposure. we had fire in three row houses this fire brought about 13 response units, 75 or so fire fighters and medics to the scene. fire marshals are here and they are doing such a great job too, second alarmers, peco , pgw, water department and police are here supporting us as they always to. but again these folks do such an outstanding job. they were risking their lives in there today and they are h

he was transported to penn presbyterian in critical sun and no arrests have been made. >>> authorities investigating a fire after a woman and child escaped out of the second story window. fire happened yesterday, in the 1400 block of north 61st street in west philadelphia. twenty-six year-old woman and four year-old child suffered severe burns and smoke inhalation and both are in stable condition. >>> philadelphia police and fbi are asking for the public 's help after a pair of armed bank robberies, authorities the say that the man, that is on your screen there entered citizens bank on the 8600 block of germantown avenue yesterday morning holding a handgun. they believe he is one who demanded a money from a teller and then ran off. at noon these two men robbed a td bank on the 5500 block of bridge avenue, also holding a gun. they were last seen going north on ridge avenue. >>> well, this is an interesting one florida police released surveillance footage of thieves swiping a package from hulk hogan's front porch. it happened last week even. we can see four women pull in the former wrest