flames broke out early last night on point pleasant pike in plumstead township. fire fighters battled those flames, plus a a lot of debris inside that home. the the cause of that fire is under investigation. >>> and engineers are expected today the at the the scene of this hughes sink hole in the backyard on chestnut avenue in florence township burlington county. ground gave way just yard from two homes, it is in the clear how much longer they can stay in those homes. >>> our time 4:50. comcast and time warner executives are scheduled to meet with justice department officials to try to salvage their proposed merger. >> money watch's jill wagner joins with us more information on the meeting good morning jill. >> reporter: good morning comcast planned $45 billion purchase of time warner was announced 14 months ago. combined company would control about 57 percent of the high speed internet market. yesterday though, six senators including massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, urged the the fcc to block the deal. they say it would lead to higher prices, fewer choice

fire officials confirmed that one man died in the huge house fire here in plumstead. they are not providing any identification, they only say he is 58 years old and lived a alone. no one else at home or injured. this 58 year-old man however is dead, the scene is cleared but the the the investigation continues. this is chopper three video over the the scene last night as fire burned out of control. the the the flames broke out here in the 6600 block of point pleasant pike in plumstead around 7:45 last night. when crew is a arrived they found heavy fire in the back of the home and a partial collapse back there eventually. it took dozens of fire fighters an hour to income down the the flames and took all night to extinguish the fire and clean out the scene. one man 58 did not make it out. fire fighters found the rick tim as they sifted through the ruble overnight. he was found on the first floor. fire officials say house was cluttered which made fighting the the fire even more difficult. >> the 911 calls came in and said that there was at least one person inside, the gen

the call came in around 7:30 on point pleasant pike in plumstead township.are told firefighters had a tough time with this one because the house was packed with items, a possible hoarding situation that really fueled this fire. neighbors say the home belongs to a man who lived here more than two decades and rarely leaves his home. in fact his vehicle was still in the driveway which is why firefighters say at this point he is unaccounted for. >> pretty much stuck to himself, you know. he was a little bit different, but he didn't cause any problems. so he did hoard a lot. >> what challenges does the search bring? >> with so much collapse it makes it different. it is an unsafe condition in there. only bringing people in a little bit, do a little bit of work come back out, reassess. and watching the spreading moving in the floors and ceilings. >> at this point, investigators are a long way from trying to figure out what sparked this fire. because of this search we have the latest as it becomes available, jim. reporting live in plumstead township, bucks county fo

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao joins us from plumstead township with the very latest information on this good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. fire officials have confirmed for "eyewitness news" this morning that the big house fire that happened here, overnight, has turned deadly, a 58 year-old man lives a at home a alone by himself in one else with him has died. now that scene has been since cleared but the investigation continues. if you take a look the at a the video you can see the video we shot not too long ago, chopper three over this scene last night as the fire burned out of control. the the flames broke out at 6400 block of point pleasant pike at 7:00 last night. they found heavy fire in the back of the home. there was even a partial collapse there eventually. the it took dozens of fire fighters an hours to knock the the flames down and took all night to extinguish the the fire and clean up the the scene. again, one man, 58 didn't make it out. they found victim as they sifted through ruble overnight. he was fun on the first floor. fire officials say th

it happened before 2:30 this afternoon 4300 block of route 313 and plumstead. the pedestrian was crossing the street in the westbound lanes and stepped right into the path ever a pickup truck the victim was 59-year-old than doylestown and not yet oyvrd this is heavy traveled roadway tough to walk across. >> and the church near st. joe's prep people came out to honor ryan gilyard. he is a freshman and collapsed during training practice and could not be revived. >> 37,000 runsers will take part in the tomorrow's boston marathon second running since bombing that killed three spectators. 25 runners at the finish line when the bombs went offer were treated to pasta dibber. team 4 15 formed last year when marathoners were admitted free into the race. there's no word of anything but the sentencing phase for dzhokhar tsarnaev begins on sdmrus it was a show of strength and solidarity today in oklahoma city 0 years after what was once the deadliest attack open u.s. soil a ceremony took place honor the ving tilz of the bombing. the ving the -- >> a68 empty seats and secon

good evening, i'm iain page a 59 year-old man was hit in plumstead township just a short while ago. fox 29's sabina kuriakose is live at the scene for us tonight sabina. >> reporter: iain, take a a look behind me police just reopened this stretch of route 313 swamp road within the last hour, this is between 611 bypass and easton road here in doylestown. a man crossing route 313 was struck and killed by on coming traffic just after 2:00 o'clock this afternoon, the the four three-year old driver did stop at the scene we're told victim 59 years old he died before emergency crews could get him to the hospital. he died right here at the scene. now the plumstead police chief responding, he says officers are in the relevant i stage of the investigation to try to figure out exactly what happened here as we stand here there is no crosswalk that we see the pedestrian may have been using. >> there is a very busy road not too many people cross, because of the heavy traffic on the road. you see the early part of the investigation. we don't know what levels of fault there was from either party ri

we have a crash in plumstead township, 611 at silo hill road. we're watching a crash on the boulevard northbound side, all lanes are closed. i see a tow truck leaving right now. maybe they are in the process of wrapping this up. at this point no northbound traffic is getting through on the boulevard extension. starting at ridge avenue you're hitting a wall of traffic. nothing is moving. use hunting park avenue on northbound lincoln drive as alternates. i-95 northbound from the delaware state line through this point at highland avenue. look at that, can you see the traffic is just starting to move in the northbound lanes of i-95 delaware county because the crash that we had right here, northbound involving the vehicle facing the wrong way by the commodor barry bridge is now gone. as you can see all northbound lanes just reopened. you're still seeing the backlog i showed you a minute ago coming away from the delaware state line. things are loosening up on the northbound side of i-95. southbound side in the northeast, typical volume there speeds in

authorities have identified the man as 58 year-old james earl friedman, it all happened in plumstead township in the 6,000 block of point pleasant pike. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao has the the story. >> reporter: white smoke poured from this plumstead home in bucks county overnight. chopper three over the scene as dozens of fire fighters rush to rescue a man who was trapped. >> the the 911 call came in and said there was at least one person inside. the the gentlemen's car was out front. they always said if his carries out there he was inside. >> reporter: but fire caught too fast and it was too late to save a 58 year-old man whom officials say lived here alone. when fire crew as arrived tuesday evening the home was already engulfed in flames, the back portion of the home eventually collapsed. >> the flames coming out of the roof caught my eye. i came running out here. at that time there were fire trucks coming from all directions. >> reporter: police fire chief says what was inside certainly didn't help the fight. >> there was a lot of material inside the house. had a lot

chopper three over rural plumstead township where fire broke out early last night. a 58 year-old man was found dead inside. >>> also, four people, at least three of whom are children, are being treated after they were hit by a vehicle in woodbury heights gloucester county. police say they are inn rest gating this accident. >>> it is in the clear how much longer homeowners can stay in their homes after a huge sink hole opens up in florence township burlington county. engineers are expect to have a look today as they figure out what to do next. we will be right back, sports coming up. >>> eagles are national favorite, 2015 schedule puts bird in prime time five times plus a thanksgiving day game. schedule came out last night. we will give you the the whole schedule in 35 seconds. first up monday match up with the cowboys. then cowboys. next road game against jets, jet, jets. road game in washington. saints march into lincoln financial field in week five. week six monday night begins giants in south philly. then sunday neither against panthers on the road. bye week is i

the fire broke out last night on the 6600 block of point pleasant pike in plumstead township.ay the victim was a 58-year-old man who lived alone. firefighters found his body at midnight. crews had a difficult time on the scene because they said the house was packed with items. >> the power is still out for two dozen businesses on main line street rocked by underground explosions. take a look at new video from wayne delaware county where peco crews have been working around the which tock try to get the problem fixed. the trouble all started on monday night when three separate blasts sent smoke and flames pouring out from below the 100 block of north wayne avenue businesses and in the dark they did what they could to keep going including one barbershop that said, hey we'll just take the hair cuts outdoors. >> reporter: are you going to start advertising alfresco hair cuts now? >> why not. whatever works. >> reporter: they have outdoor dining. why not this. >> yeah, right. >> my salon is closed off and the electrical panel is blown out in my shop. >> peco hopes to turn on the ele

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> one person is dead, after fire tears through a plumsteadl tell you what we necessity about the victim as crews tried to find out what spark that blaze. >>> good morning i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm erika von tiehl. also two homes on the edge of a massive sink hole in florence township, new jersey. what is cause ago this erosion and what crews are doing to try to fix that problem. >>> katie. >>> erika, yet another coal front slate add cross the delaware valley today and it does appear like it will have a clash to work w thunderstorms fire up today and they could solve gust, i'll explain all of the impact that will lie within that, timing break it town and everything you n

officials tell us that the 58-year-old man who perished in that blaze did live alone in his plumsteade and officials also tell us that this is an extremely complicated fire to fight and they did not find the body of that 58-year-old man until several hours after arriving on the scene. now, point pleasant firefighters initially responded to the home on the 6600 block of point pleasant pike shortly before 8 o'clock yesterday evening. when firefighters arrived on the scene there was heavy fire coming from the second floor and the back of the home. a short time later crews had to evacuate because of the deteriorating conditions. when it was safer for crews to go inside they searched for nearly four hours in very difficult conditions before finding the man. and their search was complicated by the collapse of the roof and the amount of belongings that were inside the home. >> a lot of difficulty. there was a lot of material inside the house and a lot of things in the house so the fire had a tremendous head start, so we had to work aggressive to get ahead of the fire. >> now, the chief went

you head up the i-95 corridor you see that rain progress you through trenton pennington through plumsteadf heavy rain expected overnight and through tomorrow morning. right through at least about 10am. right now it's still fairly mild. philadelphia 49. 50 in millville. allentown at 50 degrees. temperatures not changing too much overnight with the rain, the clouds and the wind mixing atmosphere. you can see to the south washington at 55. state college steady at 49 degrees. future weather shows the rain moving across the region. heavy at times right through the morning rush and then we catch a bit of a break. as a matter of fact, around the lunch hour the sun comes out. it will be beautiful and temperatures will warm and you'll think okay it's over. but it's not. the cold front moves through in the afternoon. and between about 6:00 and 9:00 we'll see a line of showers, some um he had bedded thunderstorms some could be severe moving across the delaware valley please keep that in mine. so here is the day in a nutshell. morning rain heavy at times an inch to an inch and a half. midday break wi

. >>> the owner of this plumstead home was found dead inside of it after an intense fire, this is the 66 hundred block of point pleasant pike, the man is 66 years old and lived by himself. the house was packed with items that fueled the flames and was hard to fight. >>> protests continue in baltimore baltimore, freddie gray suffered a spinal cord injury and the justice department is launching a civil rights investigation as his family demands answers, karen travers reports now from washington. >>> demonstrators took to the streets of baltimore demanding justice for freddie gray. >> until all of us are free! >> the 25-year-old mother collapsed in grief and his sister overcome with tears the justice department civil rights division opened an investigation into gray's death a week after he was arrested. the cause of death was a severe spinal injury but its unclear how or when that happened. officials say they are cooperating with the feds. >> we are handing over all of our documents we have for the review of this case. >> we see more of this case, from this auto panning police camera, gr

. >>> a plumstead township man is dead after he was trapped inside of his house during a fire this happened in the 6,000 block of point pleasant pike. fifty-eight year-old earl freeman was kill in that fire. he lived alone and had been living there instant 1989. right now in one knows why the fire started. >>> chopper three over the scene of the school bus accident on fairmount avenue. bus carrying students from boys latin charter school back in the septa bus, six people were injured including four children all were treated for their injuries and released from the hospital. >>> we're in the news room new where we have been following big news for america's premiere sports league. today a federal judge here in philadelphia approved what could be a 1 billion-dollar deal to resolve concussion claims by thousands of retired football players. of course, the nfl has been dogged for many years by complaints that it hid risk of repeated concussions to its players. this deal could cost the the nfl a billion dollars over 65 years. of the leagues 20,000 retired players this will help estimated 6,000 wh

collision that left a pedestrian dead before 2:30 this afternoon in the 4300 block of route 313 plumstead. the pedestrian was crossing the street in a westbound lanes and stepped right in front of a pickup truck. the victim is a 59-year-old doylestown man but he's not been identified yet. officials say this is a heavily traveled roadway that is tough to get across. >> there's no crosswalks in this location. there's not too much pedestrian traffic as you can see. there's really no sidewalks over than right directly in front of the car dealers. >> police is the shut down the road for a time when they worked a piece together. exactly what happened. >> and children treated for serious illnesses were given an opportunity to put their cares behind him if only for one day. kelly anne doeland memorial fund and "spirit of philadelphia" hosted family and kids on a river cruise. there was lunch live entertainment and a chance to soak in sights under sunny skies. >> it was a mild day with peaks of sunshine and things about to take a turn for the worse. meteorologist cecily tynan in for 34e8 ace tonig

. >> investigators are looking for two people who live in this home on point pleasant pike in plumsteadounty that was heavily damaged by fire. a lot of smoke billowing from that home. it took firefighters two hours to bring the flames under control. there's no word yet on how that fire may have started. >>> also at 11:00 living on the edge. land is eroding in a local neighborhood leaving two homes teetering on the bring. this is happening on east front street in florence township, burlington county. tonight todd quinones talk to a family now faced with the possibility of losing their home home. >> reporter: the view from chopper three is startling. enormous chunk of land gone. tumbled down towards the delaware river leaving behind a lived edge about 10 yards away from two houses. >> the rain was just -- the water was just pouring through there and it was just a steady stream of water down to the river. >> reporter: chris and lynn o'dell have watched landslide develop overtime and watch as their backyard slowly disappeared wolf years ago the property line extended straight across. but af

the fire broke out last night on the 6600 block of point pleasant pike in plumstead township.icials say the victim was a 58-year-old man who lived there alone. firefighters found his body at around midnight. we'll have a full report on the deadly blaze coming up in our next half hour. >>> the action cam was in wayne, delaware county overnight where peco crews are still working to restore power. cell phone video captured monday night's underground explosion. the blast sent restaurant employees and diners running but luckily no one was hurt. some businesses have dealt with this outage. now more than 33 hours old the old fashioned way. like this barbershop that offered hair cuts outdoors. >> four children on the mend this morning. they were hit by a pickup truck as they played in woodbury heights gloucester county. the this happened around 8:00 last night along the 400 block of chestnut avenue. witnesses say the kids were playing on the block when the truck hit them. the victims, two boys and two girls, ages four, eight, nine and 15, suffered a number of bumps and bruises. they w

driver hit and killed a 59 year old man in plumstead township this afternoon. he was crossing thee 13 between the 611 bypass and easton road. the driver that hit him did stop. no cross walk on this part of the road. >> extremely busy road. not too many people cross because of the heavy traffic on the road. >> early part of the investigation. we don't know what level of fault, neither party right now. we won't know until further on in the investigation. >> police have not released the victim's name and no word if prosecutors will press any charges. >> viewing today for the little boy hit and killed by a hit-and-run driver. two-year-old david and his mother were hit by a white infinity monday night. the two-year-old lost his life after that hit-and-run accident on mascher street. the mother was released from the hospital. police say they do have the vehicle that hit them but they're still waiting for the teen driver to turn himself in. a $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction in this case. >>> the woman accused of of

the fire broke out last night on the 6600 block of point pleasant pike in plumstead township. officials say the victim was a 58-year-old man who lived there alone. firefighters found his body at midnight. we will have a full report on this deadly blaze coming up in our next half hour. >> the power is still out for two dozen businesses on main line street rocked by underground explosions. take a look at new video from wayne, delaware county, where peco crews have been working to try to get problem fixed. the trouble started monday night when three separate blasts sent smoke and flames pouring out from below the 100 block of north wayne avenue. businesses left in the dark have done what they can to keep going including this barbershop that took the haircutting outdoors. >> are you going to start advertising alfresco hair cuts now? >> why not. whatever works. >> reporter: if they have outdoor did i know why not this. >> yeah, right. >> my salon is all closed off and the electrical panel is blown out in my shop. >> peco hopes to turn on the electricity to restaurant row sometime l

. >>> now details of a deadly fire in plumstead county. 59-year-old earl freedman was the man killed in the point pleasant pike blaze last night. the fire started in his kitchen just after 7:30, crews had a tough time fighting the flames because the house was packed with items that fueled the fire, no one else was hurt. >>> 3-year-old adopted twin sisters are alive today after they both got donated organs, monica malpass is live in the newsroom with more on this story. >> incredible story. the girl's dad donated part of his liver to save one child and an anonymous donor came forward for the other child. they were born with a genetic condition that often leads to liver failure. how that second organ donor was found and what is head for the little twins. also he is 4u9d years old and about to take part in the upcoming penn relay meet george scott why he says that no challenge is too big for him. you rock george. i am already inspired. those stories coming up at 5:00. today creativity and innovation was on display at a school in cinnaminson township students displayed at inconvenience c

a 59 year-old man was hit by a car crossing route 313 in plumstead township yesterday have afternoon. his name has not the been released but the driver did stop and that there is no crosswalk on this part of the road. >>> five montgomery county families are out of the road because of the fire h that fire spread to several homes in the 800 block of cone street in norristown. it started in the rear porch no one was hurt and in word what sparked it. >>> a funeral toys day for little will boy struck and killed will by a hit and run driver. dave aid leash a and his mother were hit the by white infinity last monday, on masher street. the boy's mother was released from the hospital. police say they have the car involved but the driver has not the yet turn himself in. a $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case. >>> grief counselors will be on hand today at st. joes prep to help students cope with the death of the classmate, 15 year-old ryan gillyard was practicing with the football team saturday when he collapsed and died. the freshman fr