tim waller was there. >> south carolina's crumbling roads, a danger to drivers. >> how many people must die before we fix our roads. >> now a huge threat to the state's economy according to business leaders. >> wie got to do something about this problem if we're continue to continue to see economic development. >> they condemned state senators for not passing a roads bill. >> in the business community you don't get paid if you don't do your job so today what i'll calling for is i want every south carolina senator to start returning their paycheck back to the taxpayer on a daily basis, voting on the amendments on the desk. >> there has been no vote because of a senate fill buster with a handful of lawmakers opposed to an increase in the gas tax that would pay for repairs. repairs upstate officials say are desperately needed. >> what this is becoming for us is a challenge around how are we going to continue to grow the business community. to attract businesses to our region. >> even farmers weighed in with a message for lawmakers. >> it's not time to fix roads in south carolina. it's past

wyff news 4's tim waller is at the news conference and will have more on the chamber's arguments and the roads bill in the senate, coming up later tonight on wyff news 4 at 5:00. updates now to a couple of developing stories we told you about yesteray at noon. a little girll pulled from a house fire has died. sophia rhodes was 5-years-old. the anderson county coroner says she died from her injuries at the augusta burn center. fire officials tell us the child was found between the wall and a couch in the home. this is on green street in honea path. the fire started around ten sunday night. the little girl was rushed to the burn unit in augusta, and she died of smoke inhalation. a neighbor called 911 after seeing fire and smoke coming from the back of the home. >> i heard cops hollering sophia, and i seen the fire ambulance right here at the stop sign and they got the stretcher out. geoff: friends say sophia was the youngest of five children. the rest of the family was not injured in the fire. another update this afternoon, the spartanburg county coroner says the four usc upstate stude