joan pileggi got the story from wildwood crest >> a unsettling end to the weekend in wildwood crest, a multi-alarm fire breaks out an explosion occurs and two homes are destroyed. this video tells the story. shows the aerial view of this double house fair. as the drone hovered above. dozens of firefighters from wildwood crest and neighboring companies were on the ground. local residents watching in fear. >> we were worried about we didn't know if people were actually still in the house or not. i saw black smoke coming out and then there was bright orange flame and chuck ran over and was getting everybody out of the two houses >> chuck banged on the doors of both houses before firefighters arrived. a woman was inside one of the homes >> i told her to get heck out of her house because her house was on fire >> i live street. both houses were fully involved. to the error of the building >> the chief says the fire intensified after pro taken tanks exploded. he pulled the men out fearing either structure could collapse. and indeed, one roof did. with the assistance of seven mutual aid comp

reporting live in wildwood crest, alicia nieves, cbs3 news. >> thank you so much. officials now know the cause of fatal early morning fire in chester county. flames broke out 5:30 this morning on buck walter road east coventry township. a 9-year-old boy was home at the time and killed. according to the chester county fire marshall the fire has now been ruled accidental. they say it all started in the kitchen of that home. >> in the city mantua section the fire department responded to a call of a row house fire about 11:00 this morning and it happened in the 600 block of union street. fire officials say they battled fire conditions before it was placed under control at noon. three units of the home were affected by the plays. >> we also now know the" t identity of pedestrian killed on the vine. philip west was struck shortly before 5 a.m. in eastbound lanes between broad and eighth stwleets a car collided with an suv. the driver of the car and passenger in the suv were both transported to the hospital and they both suffered moderate to severe injuries. the cause of

"eyewitness news" report's neil a oh is live in wildwood crest to tell us all about this inspired event, anita. >> reporter: good morning, jan , very inspired event, very special to be here this morning in wildwood crest and this has been happening for many years now, all over the country in different sit fridays texas, to north caroline, to california, but this morning it is here in new jersey. earlier we spoke to people who made this foundation, possible but what makes this event possible are hundreds of volunteers that lined waters to help these people hoff, spinal cord or other injuries hit water and surf again. joining me is one of those volunteers, michelle, thanks for being with us this morning >> no problem. >> why did you decide to get involved. >> i'm a physical therapist and work in philadelphia magee rehab hospital and it is a neuro rehab facility and we work with spinal cord injuries we have grown close to our patients and a lot of them are even here today and other people so just to be a part of this amazing opportunity to get people back out in the world and just doing ac

in wildwood crest, anita oh cbs3. >>> people paraded the eastern state penitentiary today.y celebrated the abolition of slavery. a rally followed it modern day prison slavery. it was organized by the coalition to abolish death by incarceration. >> tomorrow will be balmy >> especially as we head to the afternoon and evening, we're looking at the -- severe weather happy father's day, by the way, the official high temperature was 90, hot and steamy out there for the dad's, felt more like the mid 90's when you factored in that combination of heat and humidity. we're above average. we're falling back to 83 in philadelphia, 82 in allentown, 80 in trenton, cooler down the shore, 70's right now, at 75 in wildwood, it is 76 in atlantic city. 78 in millville. 81 in wilmington. a live look at stormscan 3, shows it's not really much going on in the delaware valley. you look towards the poconos, a couple of showers moving through. things will be quiet through the delaware valley. southern new jersey, down the shore as we head to the overnight hours tonight. but all bets are off by tomor

. >> three alarm fire in wildwood crest, spreads from home to home, and takes hours to get under control. this morning, authority believe they know how and where it started. >> and mostly sunny day with lower humidity. it will be beautiful day out on the parkway we look live from "skycam 3", enjoy it while it lasts, the heat you know eventually is coming back. >> today is monday, june 26, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm jan carabeo in for rahel solomon. matt and pat. >> s on vacation, took two days off, what's going on here? >> everything changed. schuylkill expressway construction? that's what we're dealing with. >> shocking, right? >> how unusual. >> what's casino every surprise something how nice it is outside. >> it really is. go outside. enjoy it. >> maybe you can walk to work. maybe better day for. that will great monday for us, weekends was a little bit up and down. again, starting out the work week pretty much as nicely as you can. storm scan3, this morning, showing nice quiet scene across the entire region. not even any real cloud cover out there. plenty of sunshine for us

live from wildwood crest, anita oh for cbs-3 eye will knows news. >> we will get right back out to you. >>> louisiana congressman steve scalise continues time prove, his condition has been upgraded from critical to serious. yesterday, he had another surgery. med star washington hospital says in a statement that he is more responsive and speaking with family. house majority whip was one of the four people shot in alexandria, virginia on wednesday, and a gunman opened fire at a baseball field where he and other congressional republicans were practicing. the gun man died in the shoot-out with police. >>> eighteen people are hurt after a high speed, ferry crashed in the jesse in massachusetts. board both ships were asleep. search crews found the >> go out to the families. >> and. the admiral there, added that there will be a full investigation into the entire incident, the navy has not yet publicly identified the sailors, who died. >>> and back here at home now, and turning to weather we have our eyes on some severe weather just not today, right, matt. >> that will be coming as we get into

i'm natasha brown intense flames in wildwood crest a three alarm house fire sent nrulz of black smokelowing in the air and live on the scene and thousands flock to philly for a triathlon. we caught one some of the athletes, chelsea. >> refreshing weather on the way. i'll let you know the next chance for rain and the >> intense flames in wildwood crest, new jersey, this was the terrifying scene as beachgoers captured on video as a three story home went up in smoke during a busy afternoon do you remember the shore. and that plume of smoke could be seen billowing for miles from the home

and in wildwood crest, alicia nieves. cbs3, eyewitness news. >> officials know the cause of fatal fire in chester county. authorities say flames broke out 5:30 buckwalter road in east could have entity trp. a 9-year-old boy was home at the time and killed in the fire. according to chester country fire marshall the fire has been ruled accidental. they say it started in the kitchen of that home. >> and also, tonight, in the city mantua section the five department responded to a call of a row home fire earlier this morning around 11:00. it happened in the 600 block of union street. fire officials say they battled heavy fire conditions before finally placing it under control before noon. three units ever that home were affected by the fire. >> officials meantime are investigating a two car crash in north philly that sent one car right into a building. authorities say a car was driving near the intersection of master and 13 street when it made a left turn from the right lane clipping another car. and the second vehicle was for

. >>> a massive fire in wildwood crest, cape may county, sends thick black smoke into the sky this afternoonthe intense flames quickly jumped from one house to another, turning this blaze into a three alarm fire. sunday night, the big news is the investigation into what started that large fire at the jersey shore. >> tonight officials say at least two homes are a complete loss. but the good news is nobody was hurt. >> christie ileto join us live from the scene with details. christie. >> reporter: well, walter, even at this hour people are still stopping by to marvel at what's left of the homes at the center of this three alarm fire. two of them are a total loss. one has extensive exterior damage. but everyone out here agrees that this could have ended so much worse. >> i heard an explosion. i came out. and then all of a sudden there was flames and fire coming out of the side that have one house. >> reporter: fire crews say what brandon vaughn heard were air-conditioning units and a propane unit bursting into flames. >> started at the one house and spread to the others. >> in between the two

fire fighters battling a massive blaze in wildwood crest, new jersey. >> flames broke out just before 3:00 this afternoon and blaze quickly went to three alarms. black smoke could be seen for miles away. the fire, spread through several houses. >> "action news" reporter christie ileto is live near the scene along park boulevard , and christie, what is the very latest there. >> reporter: well, walter fire crews are still on the scene trying to monitor hot spots, which was a three alarm fire this afternoon. we know that two of the homes appears to be a total loss, one of them has heavy smoke, water and fire damage. i want to go to viewer video. this is a drum shot from the "action news" video that shows how dense that smoke from that three alarm fire became, initially, this call came for help, out as a marina fire just after 3:00 o'clock this afternoon, and the fast moving flames grew into a raging inferno. another viewer captured this thick black smoke, billowing from the circumference of the wildwood crest home. no word on what sparked this blaze, but investigators are focusing on the

no one injured in this multi-alarm fire in wildwood crest.ll be back after this break. . >>> the phillies are back to trying to figure this whole thing out. it's been so bad. yesterday the own running they scored were from the pitcher. the scoring has been just as bad, but at least the pitching stepped it up a bit. jeremy hellickson pitching like he was supposed to. he went six innings with three strike-outs, dealing in this one. his only mistake came in the fourth, paul go smith that would bring in a run and the diamondbacks will take a one-0 lead. luckily for hellickson kendricks took him off the hook, pinch hitting and getting the rbi single drops at the perfect spot. score is still tied and one in the eighth. to the marlins and the cubs, carlos, does. the homer in the seventh inning creeping over the wall. stands 20th homer of the season, the marlins go on to win 4-2. to the nationals and the reds all over washington in the first inning, nationals down 3-0. bryce harper can't bring it down, brought two home, look at that, just out of his

have more on the close call and the description of that suspect's car. >> three alarm fire in wildwood crestspreads from home to home, and takes hours to get under control. this morning, authority believe they know how and where it started. >> and mostly sunny day with lower humidity. itl

it all started sunday afternoon on the bay front in wildwood crest. the flames gutted two houses on the water and severely damaged a third. now no one was hurt but we're now getting a sense of just how much damage was done here. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has more now from the scene. >> ♪ >> nighttime and everybody was asleep we would have all been dead. >> reporter: he's got an estimated $150,000 worth of damage at his home but looking at the burned out shells of his neighbor's houses jim of wildwood crest is countering his blessings. >> flames 50 feet above the house, explosions going off. nobody got killed and we're still here. >> reporter: this is what it looked like sunday afternoon when flames erupted along the 7100 block of park boulevard, the fast moving fire destroyed two houses and heavily damaged another. >> within two minutes the whole place was engulfed in flames and it was -- it's the fastest fire i ever saw. >> reporter: neighbors immediately sprang into action. >> just started banging on all my neighbors' doors and while i'

. >>> also ahead this morning, homes in wildwood crest go up in flames, and people flocked to their cell phones to see what was going on. a very intense raging fire. >>> and a sky, high fall a terrified teen from our area dangling from an amusement park ride, people gathering below saying go ahead we will catch you. >> horrifying. >> fall right in the crowd. >> exactly what happened. great to have you with us on this monday morning. karen, welcome back. >> good morning. >> have a good weekend. >> it was nice. you get to treasure to be away >> yes. >> bob kelly good morning to you. >> good morning. >> what happened here? what is this. >> too lays toy shave. >> i think it looks good. >> yes. >> we will see what the boss has to say in a couple hours when he comes in. >> we will endorse it. >> there you go, they like it, it is all good. >> i think you are also going to like the number. >> oh, yeah. >> here i go, let me get the right button. all that build up. ten out of 10. 4:00 o'clock in the morning, folks. we are not really finding anything going on here on ultimate doppler radar which is

williams denies any wrongdoing >>> talk about an unsettling end to the weekend in wildwood crest as ati alarm fire and explosion leaves two homes destroyed. this drone video you will see tells the story, shows aerial view of the double house fire on park boulevard as the drone hovered above. dozens of fire fighters from wildwood crest and neighboring co were on the ground trying to get it out. residents and tourist watched on. >> i told her to get the heck out of her house because her house was on fire. >> i only live up the street from the firehouse and when i got to new jersey avenue both houses were involved in the hall i ways and extended to the rear of the building. >> now chief says that the fire intensified after propane tanks exploded, with the assistance of the seven co, they eventually brought that fire under way. in one was injured. >>> thomas, thank you. police are searching for two suspects robbed a delaware county store, one disguised as a sanitation worker, suspect robbed this edible arrangement on state road in drexel hill on saturday morning. the other guy walk in wea

the flames and thick black smoke pouring from the homes on the 7100 block of park boulevard in wildwood crest. the fire was so jumped from one house to the other. >> i heard an explosion there was flames and fire coming out of the side of the house. it was a huge explosion. >> the neighbor said the owner lives at the shore full time and was at the beach. authorities are focused on the area between two of the three impacted homes. >>> 4:36 a.m., 5:36 a.m., fire damaged three row homes in chester, delaware county. the flames were contained to one house on the 1,000 block of harrison street. the homes on either side have smoke and water damage. nobody was hurt. the victims are getting help from the red cross. >>> the corruption trial continues today for philadelphia district seth williams. philadelphia attorney general escrow sullivan is expected to -- joe as you will vacant is expected -- joe sullivan is expected to testify about bucks county businessman humid ali. >>> congressional budget office is expected to produce a formal score for the senate healthcare bill as early as today. president t

. >>> talk about an unsettling end to the weekend in wildwood crest, look at this, a multi alarm fire and explosion leaves two homes destroyed this drone video really tells the whole story, it shows aerial view of the double house fire on park boulevard and as the drone hovered above fire fighters below bat telling one quickly, wildwood crest, neighboring companies they wrote the ground, residents, tourist, they ran over, grabbed their cell phones and they watched in fear. >> we were worried because we didn't know if people were still in the house or not, we saw black smoke coming out and then there was really bright orange flames and then chuck ran over and was getting everybody if they could out of the two houses. >> the chief says the fire intensified after propane tanks exploded with the assistance of several companies they eventually brought this one under control no injuries being reported. >>> investigators tried to determine what sparked it. >>> 6:07. pressure at university of delaware is under fire for facebook post about otto warmb ier, student who died after being held capt

this drone video shows at least two homes on fire in wildwood crest. you can see the flames and heavy smoke pouring from buildings. this is happening on the 7100 block of park boulevard. an nbc 10 viewer told us he heard something that sounded like an explosion and right now there are no reports of any injuries. we do have a crew on the way to the scene and we'll bring you any updates on this breaking story as soon as we get them. >>> a family is mourning the lohse loss of a young child after a house fire in chester county. the boy's father was also hurt trying to rescue his son, but he couldn't get back in the home in chester township soon enough to save him. drew smith is live on the seen on buckner road. drew? >> reporter: there is a deep sense of sadness in this neighborhood. you can see this home is scorched and boarded up now. we're told the boy was asleep in the second story and we believe he died from smoke inhalation. firefighters worked most of the morning to put out the fire in this house. neighbors woken up shortly before 6:00 a.m. were sho

officials working to learn what sparked the flames that damaged three vacation homes in wildwood crest. >> just before 6:00 a.m. a lot to talk about. nbc 10 today. i'm tracey davidson. >>> the sun is up. picture perfect out there. check in with bill henley. >> after the storms on saturday morning. things cleared out. yesterday was beautiful. now another great day ahead today. cool right now. look at lehigh valley. 56 degrees. some of the suburbs down in the low 50s. right now king of prussia looking at sunshine that will warm temperature into the 60s. that's by 11 chok this morning. philadelphia. north westerly wind. 67 degrees right now. not a big warmup. 11:00. climbing to very low 80s this afternoon for philadelphia. for the suburbs and for new jersey and at the shore, close to 80 degrees with humidity staying low. even at the shore today. look at lehigh valley and delaware. plenty of sunshine. near 80 degrees this afternoon. break it down hour by hour. show you how long the nice weather is going to last. first jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> starting off in 295.

wildwood crest fire chief told us vinyl material used on newer homes led to extensive damage. >>> campus sexual assault will release a report this morning to give recommendations for making schools and universities safer. task force spent the last year here and experts researching the best ways to prevent violence. >>> today philadelphia war veterans, 67 years after the start of that conflict. looking at video of last year's ceremony at penn's landing. u.s. korean veterans pay tribute to the fallen. a canoing expedition begins today. part of the water shed youth conservation program. >>> happening today part of welcome wawa festival gets underway in center city philadelphia. >>> annual sculpture spectacular open to public. artists have transformed pipes of sands into icons. this year marks the 25th anniversary of the spectacular. kicks off six days of wawa fun leading offer to event on 4th of july. free wawa welcome america concert and fireworks show headlined by singer mary j bliej. >>> teacher in troulk. now the school is reacting. >>> plus making a splash. joe biden in a local communi

you can see the flames and smoke pouring from the homes on park boulevard in wildwood crest. the fire was so intensity jumped from one house to the other. you could see the smoke from miles offshore. one resident said he heard an expoargs. >> expoargs -- comploargs. >> -- explosion, i heard an explosion, it was a huge explosion. >> the owner lives at the shore full time. the investigation is focused on the area between two of the three impacted homes. >>> a shooting inside a west philadelphia bar left a man critically injured, police were called to eddie's cafe. he was found with a gunshot wound to the chest. he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >>> police in camden county identified the woman found shot to death inside her home in winslow township. the body of 45-year-old diana marie scortto was found inside her home and had been shot repeatedly. detectives scoured the scene for hours looking for evidence. >>> 4:37 a.m., the healthcare showdown ramps up after both sides spent the weekend making their case, thousands of protesters organizing across the country.

it came from a house fire in wildwood crest. and this morning, we now know what sparked that blaze. >> flames broke out on the 7100 block of park boulevard, around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. fire officials tell it is began with a air conditioner malfunction. several beach-goers recorded video and posted to the cbs philly twitter and facebook pages about 100 firefighters from five different didn't came out to help. >> propane tanks in the rear deck, between the two buildings, there is condensers for air-conditioning units, they exploded. >> every year quadruple it, they're worth it, all volunteers. very impressive. >> well the fire destroyed two homes, both will likely be torn down and rebuilt, good news, no one was hurt. >> meantime, fire officials say a deadly fire in chester county began in the kitchen. flames broke out here, about 5:30 yesterday morning on buck walter road, east coventry township, nine year old little boy was home at the time. was killed. according to the chester county fire marshall, the fire has been ruled a

they went surfing in wildwood crest, inning. possible by a program, life rolls on which brings together volunteers and medical experts such as those from moss rehab. together they useed adaptive surf boards and wheelchairs to make surfing possible. isn't that great? >> really nice. >> really nice. the ocean probably felt good today. >> i bet it did. very warm today, guys. a high of 90 in philadelphia. that humidity sticks around tomorrow. showers and storms. talk about the details. here is storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. dry in philadelphia. but a little bit of precipitation off to the north and west up in the poconos and also to the north of that region. so we'll track some moisture that will move on in here as we go throughout the overnight hours. show you the picture outside. sky 6 life in hd. looking at the commodore barry bridge. warm and sticky right now. again, the high was 90. look at the heat indices across the region, still in the upper 80s, lower 90s. feels like 88 in philadelphia. 89 in dover with that southw

. >>> well, clouds of smoke and massive flames could be seen for miles in wildwood crest yesterday. now, fire officials are trying to figure out what exactly caused the devastating fire. >> well this wa was the scene on the 7100 block of park boulevard, around 3:00 yesterday afternoon, they say the fire may have started with air-conditioning unit, that was located between two homes. fire marshall says they do not believe the fire is suspicious, we spoke with some folks who were nearby, when the flames broke out. >> went downstairs, open up the sliding glass door, lady standing there. i told her your house is on fire get out. >> this winds blowing the right way this whole block would be gone. i'm lucky my house is standing. >> we were told both homes will likely need to be knock down and rebuilt. fortunately, however, no one was hurt. >> fire investigators in chester count stay a fire that killed a nine year old boy started in the kitchen of his home. the fire broke out about 5:30 yesterday morning on buck walter road east coventry township. the chester county fire marshall says the

they hopped into the ocean in wildwood crest. >> we're making dreams happen and that's what it's all about. >> it's like being in front seat of roller coast were no lap bar. awesome amazing. >> and heather came all the way from kentucky to help volunteers including physical and occupational therapists help out as well good time now is 4:51. my eyesight is getting worse. money watch is headed from the new york stock exchange hannah good morning good to see you. tech weeks begins at the white house today. what is that about. >> good morning, jim, raquel. he'll meet with business leaders to discuss workforce and issues. and they week issues facing silicon valley. chief executives of apple, amazon, google and intel are among those taking part. >> and hannah i'm an avocado fan and the craze continues and one fast food chain is offering topping for free. which is it? >> i love avocados too, move-over, big mack, mcdonald's added guacamole to the menu. the new guacamole will be spread on some of mcdonald's signature sandwiches as no extra costs while many restaurants are charming extra and i

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. >>> cloud of smoke and flames can be seen for miles in wildwood crest yesterday. fire officials are trying to figure out what caused the devastating fire. that was scene from the frown from the 7100 block of park boulevard around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. fire fighters say that fire may have started with an air conditioning unit between two homes. fire marshals say they do in the believe the fire is suspicious, we are told both homes that were damaged will likely need to be knocked down , rebuilt, nearby homes were also damaged, officials say no injuries were reported. >>> south jersey teacher is facing jail time after admitting he had an inappropriate relationship with a student. william jenkins pleaded guilty to day to several charges including endangering welfare of the child, prosecutors say that he had a sexual relationship with a 17 year-old student while he tout at a south jersey high school. jacobs will be sentenced in september. >>> delaware state police need help finding these two shoplifting suspects led them on a chase, police say woman stole more than

. >> we are on the beach in wildwood crest just named by tripadvisor as the best summer vacation destinatione country! >> and ocean city was number 2! >> how about that!? >> rain or shine a day at the beach is always a good day. >> absolutely if for no other reason then views like this.

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. >> i think it was wildwood crest. >> i think so. e that watch from wildwood. let's see if anyone is up and tweet us and zen pictures making taking a morning stroll on the boardwalk. >> looking pretty good for that morning stroll especially down the shore right now. we have some areas of showers out there. but don't be alarmed because most of your weekend looks pretty good. in fact as we go through the headlines, morning clouds, early saturday shower out there and then as we move toward sunday evening there might be a late shower but next week at least the first part of it looks a little unsettled. speaking of unsettled, look at ultimate doppler right now. watching that disturbance quickly move through the area here on this saturday morning. so the next couple of hours the rainfall will be moving out and once again as we kind of zoom in to center city, that's where we have more of the steadier showers with the yellow, with the orange color that you see. center city, university city getting wet also as we move into old city right now l

see flames and thick black smoke pouring from the homes on the 7100 block of park boulevard in wildwood crest. the fire was so intensity quickly jumped from one house to the another. you can see the smoke from miles offshore. one resident said he heard and explosion. >> i heard and explosion, i came out and all of a sudden there was like flames and fire coming out of the side of one house. it was a huge explosion. >> neighbor says the owner lives at the shore full time and at the beach. the cause is under investigation, but authorities are focused on the area in between two of the three impacted homes. >>> new this morning, fire damaged three row homes in chester, delaware county. the flames were contained to one house on the 1,000 block of harrison street. the homes on either side have smoke and water damage. no one was hurt. victims are getting help from the red cross. >> the corruption trial continues today for philadelphia district attorney seth williams. deputy district attorney joe sullivan will testify. he will be asked questions about bucks county businessman muhammad ali. williams ma

ground and drone video show flames in wildwood crest yesterday. fire broke out between two homes in park boulevard. witnesses say within seconds pro pain tan propane tanks exploded. everyone inside the houses did make it out safely. nbc 10 spoke to homeowners and others left shaken by the experience. >> i hear someone yelling help. flames shooting out and loud explosion. i thought it was going to keep coming to my next door neighbor, my house and the business. everything here has gasoline. >> i have a pacemaker. my heart was trying to be calm. >> eight fire companies in total helped put out the flames. wildwood chief told us vinyl material commonly used on newer homes is what led to extensive damage. >>> 6:05. live look outside right now. how pretty is that? sun coming up to see your favorite time of the morning. >> gorgeous. let's check in with bill henley to get more detail on what it looks like today. >>> first monday of summer going to be a beautiful day. look at sunshine. visible from here. nbc studio. sun is up. scattered clouds. nothing mor

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. >>> unsettling end to the weekend in wildwood crest as a multi alarm fire and explosion leaves two homes destroyed. >> this drone video really shows the story there, look at that black smoke, aerial view of the house fire on park boulevard. as drone hovered aboard dozens from wildwood crest and neighboring co were on the ground trying to fight this this morning. chief says fire intensifies after propane tanks exploded no one was injured, investigators are trying to determine what sparked the fire. >>> a nation job, homes so close together trying to get that fire together. >> yes. >>> a professor at university of delaware is out of the job after her face book post on her personal facebook page about otto warmbier. >> warmbier is a student who died after being held captive in north korea. professor said he deserved the punishment. lauren johnson, in newark delaware, what is going on. >> reporter: those controversial comments cost her, her job. when students returned for orientation and such she will not be on campus at the university of delaware. we found out about their decision to

video shows the flames and smoke in wildwood crest yesterday. it could be seen for miles. the fire broke out between two homes. witnesses said within seconds propane tanks exploded as the flames spread. go homes were destroyed. the third was damaged. everyone inside did make it out safely. nbc 10 spoke to homeowners and others left shaken by the experience. >> i hear somebody yelling help. there's this flame shooting out. you heard a loud explosion. >> i thought it was going to keep coming to my next door neighbor, my house and the business. everything here has gasoline. >> i have a pacemaker. my heart was trying to be calm. >> eight fire companies helped put out the flames. the fire chief told us vinyl material that's commonly used on newer homes is what led to the extensive damage. >>> more details this morning in the case of a woman found beaten and stabbed behind a philadelphia high school. police today identified the victim. she lives a few blocks from where she was found saturday morning. the 33-year-old was partially clothed and had been stabbed multiple times and b

south jersey, a beach goer shared this time lapse clip of an ominous looking shelf cloud over wildwood crestreach. quite the scene there. this is several miles away in cape may. coffee time created their own time lapse video of that shelf cloud as it moved of their business last night. >> today another class graduated from a successful training program in philadelphia. the high school students competed the fleet management apren is ship. and four new high school interns were also welcomed to the program today at city hall. >>> all right it's time to head back down to the shore. and meteorologist, melissa magee. >> she is live at the tuckerton bay mans museum today. what are you up to today? >> hey there guys, you know what this weekend it's all about food. it's all about fun and there is so much history here at the tuckerton sea port. they have lots and lots of acres, 40 acres of land to explore and this weekend it's about the 25th annual seafood and music festival taking place. jim is here. how many years now? >> six now. >> this is the place to come for seafood. the best around. >> and cla

>>> investigators continue to search for cause of the massive fire that engulfed two homes in wildwood crest, new jersey. fire fighters say this fire on the 7100 block of park boulevard may have started yesterday afternoon, and than with an air conditioning unit between two homes. fire marshals say they do not believe that the fire is suspicious, two hems will likely be knocked down and rebuilt, other homes nearby were also damaged, the occupants did make it out in time and officials say nobody was hurt. >>> in north wildwood police released this photo hoping to identify a body of the man who washed up on a beach. that body was found between 24th and 25th avenues last night around 9:00 p.m. and we're told body was wearing these shorts. the man was described as 5- foot six to 5-foot eight in is early 20's with the dark complex, black hair and 1 inch scar on his left shoulder. if you have any information, you are asked to call the police. >>> cash, trips, car, federal prosecutors are laying out evidence that they say shows philadelphia district attorney seth williams was on the take, in exchan

cape may county fire marshal's office is still working to determine if the cause of the fire in wildwood crest. fortunately no one was hurt but the video here tells the story. two of the homes on park boulevard will have to be knocked down. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic talked with some of the neighbors today. she'll have full report coming up at 5:00. >>> well, a fire also tour through multiple homes in chester overnight. it broke out around 1:30 this morning along the 1000 block of harrison street. the action cam was on scene as firefighters worked put out any hot spots. the fire started in one unit but spread to the homes on each side of it. no one was injured. the red cross is now helping a number of people who have been displaced. time for a first check of the "action news" traffic report on a monday afternoon. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center today. hey, matt. >> getting ourselves set up for a pretty normal weekday rush brian and sharrie. looking live here in west conshohocken this afternoon. this is the schuylkill expressway close to conshohoc