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

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

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

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 plumstead townshipu 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

. >>> 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

"eyewitness news" reporter j a an carabao joins us from plumstead township to tell us more about it, jan good morning. >> reporter: ukee and erika, good morning. 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 clu

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

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

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

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

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 of things

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