on the 100 block of penrose atlantic, chad pradelli is live near the scene now with the details. >> reporter: rick, this was a tremendous blast that leveled this home, take a look at the destruction, it almost looks like the house imploded. you see a section of the roof came down by my feet. over here you have a vehicle covered by debris. and they worked to clean up this mess, and what caused the blast. >> i couldn't believe what i saw, standing just 30 feet from her home when it exploded. >> we heard the loud boom and looked over and the house when up in the air, and was all covered in gray and then came down and broke up like this. >> the blast broke several windows and an suv was smashed and debris littered the 100 block of penrose. people rushed to the scene. >> i think the people are always home, i'm thinking i hope they are not in that house sfl tragic thank god their dear little children were not there. >> there is two little children and thank god they were gone swimming and the father was working. god was with them. >> no one was injured and state police and the chester county fire

we hit the majors, left overs from last night, 26th and penrose. twenty-sixth street, the stretch from say the platt bridge and that tunnel that gets you over to the schuylkill closed, because of flooding. there is also flooding closing green lane, here in bristol, between ash avenue and wilson avenue. so traffic diverted through bristol. keep in mind we're the trailblazers, first ones out of the house, so this morning, until the sun begins to rise, at least we get some daylight, there could be some flooding areas that right in your neighborhood that you're not aware of yet. you will hit them. of course if they are like this one here downed wires, creek road at sweet water road, respect the closures, therefore a reason, this is set of with woo wires, baltimore pike the best bet. >> accident on the turnpike eastbound at the reading interchange, and rest of the roadways good shape. no problems on 95 or the schuylkill again just be careful as you work your way through the construction zones this morning, south jersey looking good, as well, on majors,

destroyed a home in coatedville just before noon today and the blast leveled the two story house on penrose avenue, fortunately the family of four was not at home. this appears to be a natural gas explosion, peco was doing natural gas work a block away from the blast. >>> jeremiah jackson was arraigned on charges in the murder of laura araujo, police say he beat and strangled and stuffed araujo in a duffle bag. jackson is held without bail and his next court appearance is august 6th. >>> a lehigh county man was wounded when trying to rundown two constables trying to serve parking ticket warrants. he fleed and almost hit one of the constables with his car. neither constable was hurt. >>> authorities are investigating the deaths of a couple in the strawberry mansion section of philadelphia, a daughter found the 79-year-old man and his 66-year-old wife inside of their home on the 2500 block of north spangler street. she was there to check on them and there is no indication about a cause of death. >>> coming up on "action news" ton, local builders invest sweat equity to help construct quality h

this is south philadelphia, 26 street at penrose avenue. police blocking the northbound lanes of 26 street. up ahead in the tunnels there's high water blocking access to the schuylkill. crews are trying to unclog the drains but for now head to passyunk avenue instead and we'll have more on this coming up. >>> but things are looking good in bensalem bucks county. we're looking at route 1 at the turnpike. the traffic is moving well on route 1 between northeast philadelphia and morrisville and other turnpike itself there was not a lot of overnight construction given all that rain but there was a crash eastbound near reading. luckily that just cleared up. matt. >> thanks, tam. 4:51. time for your travel forecast here at the big board and we had some storms that rolled through. boy, did we hear them. left a lot of problems and seemed to be causing some problems even now at the new york city area airports so let's sort of zoom in here and we'll talk about it. in newark liberty, they have about 36 delays and cancellations right now. that is rare g

outside, live look at 26 and penrose southwest philadelphia side of the platt bridge. the headlights headed in toward 26th street, which eventually will take in you toward that schuylkill expressway. the schuylkill to 95 looking good this morning, everything little damp, wealth, from all of the rain last night, so just keep that in mine as you step out the front door. accident out here in southampton, garden avenue, right at milton avenue. just off route 611 there in willow grove. then a downed tree, has route ten closed here at todd road. traffic using route 322, through chester county. if you are watching us down the shore again, those storms just moved off the coast, as katie showed us, so again, still little wet, damp, especially for the folks coming back from the shore, right into the city, as we typically see an exodus thereon a monday morning. but we're in good shape on mass transit. here's ukee now with a look at sports. >>> and talking some football, eagles putting on the pads today, also, fans will be able to get gook look add them, today the first of the bir

on penrose avenue we are told that the family was not there at the time. the husband was at work and the wife and two children were out swimming, investigators are looking to see if the explosion was caused by natural gas, "action news" is on the scene and we'll have a live report coming up tonight at 5:00. >> a very busy news day here. a bank robbery leads to a chase and deadly baand frustrating. e tough. but now, there's a better way. introducing the first-ever raid defense system. it attacks the bugs you see. controls the bugs you don't see... and prevents... by keeping bugs out. the raid defense system... get the answers. beat the bugs. raid. kills bugs dead. scjohnson. a family company. >>> a california bank robbery ended with three people dead including a woman taken hostage, the person forced a woman and two other people into their vehicle and led police on a chase through stockton exchanging gun fire the whole way. two hostages were thrown before the tires were thrown out. the third hostage was used as a human shield and killed. the survivor suspec

the home on wall net street and penrose lane went up in names before collapsing. no one was hurt.olice say there were utility crews working in the area at the time of the incident. peco and chester county fire marshals are working together on the investigation into a cause. the red cross says it's helping the family who lived in the home tonight. >> a prayer vigil tonight in southwest philadelphia for the victims of a deadly guess are in street fire. councilman kenyata johnson among those organizing the event with neighbors and loved ones attend to go night. they joined together at a community prayer letting those hurt by the fire know they are not forgotten. the fast-moving fire along gesner street killed four children and destroyed nine homes earlier this month. firefighters say the cause remains under investigation. >>> police say a reckless driver injures three people including a philadelphia police officer. it happened just before 6:00 in west philadelphia. police say the officer was following a reckless driver along south 55th street. cops say that driver hit a parked car an

coming back to philadelphia north bound side of 26 at penrose avenue more flooding.ll lanes taken out there, dawn. >>> thanks, kacie. >>> a dog gets attacked by a wild game but the pooch is doing all right this morning thanks to an unlikely guardian >>> welcome back at 5:15. a florida doggies on the mend after coming under attack by a wild game. >> yeah, things could have turnout worse had it not been for a guardian age hole came to the dog's aid. the boxer named river was found friday and lucky for that pooch a veterinarian technician was horse back riding in central florida and ran across the dog. when she finish her ride she noticed the dog that had a huge chest wound. doctors believe a bora tack her and the owner dumped tonight woods. wild hogs are said to have no natural predators and no fear. they can be extremely aggressive. >> a lot of the injuries around chest area which is common with a bora tack around the chest and head area. dogs are very serious and lead with their face? river received stitches and dental work. now elder liz dog, an older doggies at a r