>> announcer: thbs nbc 10 breaking news. flames have forced families from almost a dozen homes and it's unclear if everybody made it out safely as children have been reported missing at the scene. good morning, i am rosemary connors. ten homes have been burned by fire and at least two people are hurt. first responders and crews are on the 6500 block of woodland avenue in southwest philadelphia, and that's where matt delucia is this morning. >> reporter: we just got an orce 10 is hovering overt update, rosemary, an 11-year-old girl and a 43-year-old woman scene of a deadly fire. were taken to the hospital and cght on fire, and as being treated for smoke

we were just updated four children are confirmed dead. inhalation. you can see there's still a lot we did hear from the new fire of fire department activity. commissioner who is on the scene a few moments ago. the fire is out but firefighters take a listen. are still on the scene, and several row homes as you can see >> it's tragic. were heavy damaged by fire. we lost four children today. this happened just before 3:00. i want everybody to understand we have video for you as the that fire is everyone's fight, scene was unfolding. the fire spread from one rooftop not just the fire department, it's everyone's fight. to another and from one porch to ♪ another. firefighters could be seen carrying people from the scene overcome with emotion. we will keep you posted on the just a few moments ago we saw breaking news. other news that we are following several residents walking down today, of course the fourth of the street and several in tears. july celebrations that have been we are talking with several people out here, several of happening since yesterday, and nbc 10 carried the big macy's these neighbors, and a lot of them were forced out, and just fireworks display last night and before 3:00 a large group was it didn't go off as planned gathered by the police department around the corner on because of hurricane arthur. the show then went on with no woodland, and one woman had to problems. get her family up and out of the

home. >> i was asleep in the bed and i fireworks also lit up the night had seen the fire so what i did sky over our nation's capitol. is i just woke up and just thousands packed the national grabbed my kids, and the fires mall in washington, d.c. the fireworks were launched from were just spreading across, and the lincoln memorial reflecting they were just everywhere, house pool. to house, everywhere. i don't know. i had to wake up and get my kids at the white house a fourth of july picnic paid tribute to out and just get out. america and service members that protect our freedom. hundreds of military families >> reporter: you can see firefighters are now going back were there for the celebration. up on the roof. president obama said the they have the ladder truck up sacrifices made by our troops are keeping america safe and free. >> on behalf of the entire there. if you can go towards the middle country, michelle and i simply of the homes, you can see smoke want to say thank you to all of you for your courage and strength and unending service to rising off the properties. emts were working on the this nation. happy fourth of july, everybody. victims, and the fire >> the president also noted that commissioner is out here on the scene and we will talk with him july fourth is a special day of in the next couple minutes, but his family not only because of for now that is the latest here, the holiday, but because it's live in southwest philadelphia, his oldest daughter's birthday, and yesterday she turned 16.

more than a dozen teenagers matt delucia, nbc 10 news. let's check in with and children celebrated the meteorologist, brittney shipp, fourth of july by becoming who is tracking the conditions citizens. there was a special on this weekend. the temperature is still cool naturalization ceremony. after the storms yesterday? >> yeah, and it will feel cooler the children ages 8 to 14 are as we head in the rest of today. from a dozen countries around the world and now they are it's going to be a very nice americans. holiday weekend. here is a closer look outside more than 9,000 people in the right now at the parkway. u.s. became american citizens you can see they are cleaning up this week. in addition to the picnic we from yesterday's big party on the parkway. just showed you president obama your current temperatures right now throughout our area, we are hosted a naturalization ceremony seeing conditions at 55 degrees for military service members. in the poconos, and 65 in more than two dozen members and philadelphia, and 60 degrees in wilmington and at the atlantic spouses took an oath. city airport, 59. our temperatures will range between 82 and 85 degrees today, >> even though we have not and a warming trend is back in always looked the same or spoke the 7-day forecast and so is a the same language, as americans potential heat wave. i will go over all the details we have done big things together, and we won the freedom in the first alert 7-day forecast. philadelphia police are looking for a person that shot together, and continued to

perfect our union together. two teenagers in kensington. that's what makes america this happened along the 2000 special. that's what makes us strong. block of east atlantic street. a 14-year-old and a 19-year-old >> the president also pledged to keep working to improve what he were both hit in the legs. called the nation's, quote, they are in stable condition this morning. also new from overnight a car smashed into an apartment broken immigration system. nbc 10 is continuing to building in north philadelphia. follow breaking news in southwest philadelphia, as you the driver managed to back out can see, crews are still on the and drive away and nobody inside scene of this deadly 10 row home the building was hurt. the police are looking for the fire. we have learned four children car and the driver. a man in critical condition this morning after philadelphia have been killed in the fire and police say his girlfriend we know that two people were intentionally ran him over with taken to the hospital, and the her car. the victim was struck at a gas station with washington lane in nearby high school is serving as the west oak lane section of a shelter in that neighborhood. philadelphia. the man flipped over the car and i am tracking a gorgeous suffered a head injury and the woman is in custody. another man fighting for his weekend. that's next in the 7-day forecast. life after a shooting in north philadelphia. the 23-year-old was shot three times on the 2500 block of ridge avenue. he is listed in critical

condition this morning, and according to police, they are looking for two men that drove off in a white chevy carpris. here is a live look at the concert. we showed people a survey it was part of the welcome that stacked fios up against comcast. what's it like paying for internet that's rated 6th out of 7 in customer satisfaction? america festival. not good. it's not the best. we caught up with the overnight no, that's not fun. cleanup crew following the event look at it this way, you're kind of on top. if i was like this, all day. switch from the bottom to the that brought out hundreds of top and see why millions of thousands of people. satisfied customers have made fios #1. sign up for a verizon fios triple play with a 2-year the roots opened up the concert agreement and get $300 back. as the house banned. plus, a free lg tablet or up to $200 off any tablet from verizon wireless. the night wrapped up with a that's satisfaction. that's powerful. fireworks display over the arts museum. and then offering a box!!!is home come to hhgregg's 4th of july sale and save up to 30% storewide historical look at our nation's path to independence. plus, up to an extra $500 more it's between 10:00 this morning when you buy multiple major appliances.

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news that is happening on the 6500 block of guess inner. advisory remains this afternoon. in delaware yesterday, rough . this is in southwest surf from the passing hurricane philadelphia. fire spread through each of the put the ocean in raw hoeba beach row homes and claimed the lives off limits. of four children. our matt delucia is live on the all beachgoers could really do scene and as soon as we have was walk to the water's edge and another update we will bring it to you. stick their feet in, and that's about it. the beach patrol told us the ocean will be calm enough today >> announcer: now, your nbc 10 for the people to go in. first alert weather with meteorologist, brittney shipp. and peco reporting that 7500 we are going to see a nice weekend, especially after customers are still without yesterday's rain and all the wind speeds yesterday, it was power. more than 4800 of the remaining gusty, and as we head through the rest of today and tomorrow, outages are in bucks county, and beautiful conditions for you. chester county is around to a great weekend. about 1300, and delaware county the streak continues with our dropped to under 1000 and sunny weekends for saturday and sunday, and we are tracking a montgomery county totals 600. possible heat wave and the threat of storms. barely a cloud in the sky and that's going to continue as we utility crews were there head into the rest of today for yesterday. nice weather by noon yesterday philadelphia. 65 degrees and our humidity at made it all bearable.

>> we usually are at the beach but we stayed home this year and 48%, and wind speeds 12 miles per hour so that's cooler air it's been a little different. >> if you would have asked me a coming in, and 57 in reading, and temperatures in the poconos few years ago, i would say my at 55 degrees, and 59 in allentown, and 59 in atlantic nerves ran thin. >> some people got their electricity back in about 15 minutes and others are still city, and 63 in dover and 60 degrees in wilmington. waiting. a mild start to your morning. pie as we head into the next couple days you are going to notice the peco tells us every situation is return of the hot air, so it's unique. and the music's most going to be sitting right over our region as we head into your monday and tuesday as well. powerful couple will perform expect warmer conditions, but tonight. it's the latest stop on the your weekend is on the safe side. our satellite radar shot shows married pair's on the run tour. it is very quiet on our radar sky force 10 was over the this morning. we are barely seeing any clouds. ballpark on thursday as workers this is what is left of were busy setting up the stage hurricane arthur that has been in center field. tickets are still available for downgraded. it has been bringing soaking the concert. this is not the first time a rains to parts of new england. couple has spent a holiday inn what is in store for us? philadelphia. they have been there the past we plan to see plenty of sunshine throughout today and

two weekends for jay-z's made in really into monday and it won't america festival. be until the middle portion of the workweek next week we will we are continuing to update see clouds increasing and a you on the breaking news situation in southwest chance of storms returning. we will see temperatures in the philadelphia. as you can see from sky force mid-70s by nine as spl, and 1:00 p.m., 80 kdegrees. 10, ten homes have been damaged by fire, and four children are a sunny day on tap, 84 degrees. and 88 as we head into your confirmed dead, and as we phep shunned earlier there were sunday. look at monday, 93. reports that children were 91 degrees on tuesday. missing at the scene and we know hot with stormy conditions four children are dead and two expected. and those storms will last for people taken to the hospital, an most of your workweek. 11-year-old and 43-year-old woman, and we will have more on the breaking news story when we we have a recall that we want to let you know about and come back. this involves more than 100,000 porter cable routers like the one you see here. the routers, which are used to cut grooves in medal or wood are being pulled of electrical shock, and so far no report of

injuries. and then josh lipton has a retap of the markets. >> it was a short week on wall street but the markets closing early on thursday and dark on friday in honor of independence day, but it was a big week for stocks and for the u.s. economy. more americans are back on the job. 288,000 new jobs were added in june. the interest rate was the lowest in six years, and overall wages were higher, too. that lifted the markets to new heights. the dow and s&p 500 closed at historic highs this week. june auto sales were a lot better than predicted with the industry now on pace to sell 17 million units this year, and gm sales rose 1% despite millions

more recalls and chrysler sales were up 9% on strong demands for skwraepz and sales at ford declined. and meanwhile, the ignition crisis from gm got worse. the automaker recalled over 8 million more vehicles this week for a total of 29 million recalls around the world so far this year. a new study says the average hard-working american skips eight earned vacation days annually totally 429 million unused days off in the u.s., more than a million years of unused vacations. i am josh lipton. get all of your business news on cnbc. and then spreading the word. there's a $50,000 grant available as well as two $25,000 grants. we are looking for fresh ideas

that move our community forward. if your nonprofit shows new and improved programs, apply. go to the website, nbc10.com for more. here is another live look at the deadly fire in southwest philadelphia. this comes from sky force 10. ten row homes have been charred. four children are confirmed to be dead, and two others are in the hospital in addition to the crews that are still out there making sure that the hot spots are out, we know the american red cross the southeastern pennsylvania is on the scene not only to provide necessary items like food and clothing and also emotional support. we'll be right back.

going down the shore this summer got more interesting. sharks off the east coast is urging. find out what a local expert says could be attracting the frightening fish. soccer frenzy kicks into high gear thanks to the world cup. but will anybody care now that the u.s. is out? we will ask a coach from the philadelphia union. >> plus -- >> there's a series of vaccines that all children are recommended to have. >> we will discuss the new reason doctors are pushing parents to comply.

taking a live look at the center city skyline. all looks clear. a different story from what we have seen in the past few days from the severe weather that came through our area. today it's cooler out there than

the past few mornings, in the mid-60s this afternoon and temperatures will warm up by the afternoon. a new thrill ride in ocean county at six flags, and it's called the drop of doom. you are looking at animation provided by six flags. the ride takes people more than 400 feet in the air and rockets them back down at 90 miles per hour. this morning, nbc 10 is staying on top of breaking news. a fire has claimed the lives of four children. matt delucia is live at the scene in southwest philadelphia. >> reporter: i just talked with the fire commissioner. coming up after the break, we will get an update of what happened and how this is taking a toll on the neighborhood around here. >> i am tracking a gorgeous weekend. the surf is still rough down the

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news today," tragedy in southwest philadelphia. four children are dead, two other people are in the hospital after fire spread from home to home. dozens of neighbors are now in a shelter as their block is off limits. good morning. i am rosemary connors. we are following breaking news on the fire that has burned eight row homes and claimed the lives of four children. matt delucia is live from the scene and, matt, update us on what happened out there? >> reporter: a tragic day here in the southwest philadelphia neighborhood. four children confirmed dead by the fire commissioner, derick sawyer. you can see the aftermath of the scene here on the 6500 block of guessnor street. firefighters are putting out the hot spots. the fire commissioner tells me the fire spread from one rooftop to another and one porch to another. the firefighters could be seen