>> my heart is broken and i'm just begging anybody who knows where she is or him or whoever is helping to please bring her home. i don't care how he does it just bring her home. >> reporter: again, we are waiting for a news conference to begin. the mom is expected to be at this news conference and officials are working to reunite her with her little girl. three-year-old daughter eleanor. a multi state brett has been canceled. 43-year-old michael trotta in police custody. the two again found in massachusetts. trotta is facing numerous charges include recklessly endangering another person, carjacking and other charges stemming from an assault according to police on the mother dawn bar cuss back on february 15th. lucy and iain we're waiting for this news conference to begin momentarily. >> all right, sounds good, dawn. of course we will get right back to dawn in that news conference in new castle the mommy it happens. we're staying on top of this story and update you throughout this newscast you can stay up to date on myfoxphilly.com. we'll post the latest information right on the home page. >> to a developing story now. the cleanup continues after this morning's natural gas explosion at a home in ocean county. more than a dozen people were hurt including firefighters and gas company workers who were trying to fix a leak before the explosion. here's a live look from skyfox at what's left of the home. the blast so powerful it sent debris flying everywhere. the home was located on oak avenue near route nine in stafford township. that's just a few miles from the garden state parkway. authorities also worked to evacuate about 75 homes in the area. fox 29's bruce gordon is live in stafford township this evening just a devastating scene, bruce. >> reporter: absolutely. lucy. we are one street over from the blast scene. it's not visible from here but it's right beyond those shrubs and fencing there total of 15 people injured in that blast 13 minor injuries. all of them utility workers police officers, firefighters. two new jersey natural gas workers took the worst of it. one is in critical condition. the other critical but stable. to put it bluntly it look like a war zone over there. amateur video shows the flaming remains of the home at 59 oak avenue after a natural gas explosion that worked this quiet neighborhood. >> when you saw the video, what was the first reaction you had upon seeing that video those pictures. >> i was floored. it's just scary. just scary. >> reporter: i till will the workers police and firefighters responded to reports avenue natural gas like and evacuate the neighbor. then just after 10:30 the blast blast. skyfox footage shows the home which had been reportededly under renovation reduced to a smoldering pile of match sticks. >> what was the nature mike of the work the guys were doing you guys were doing at the time of the explosion. >> they were in the process of identifying the potential leak. so they just -- >> did they find where it was? >> to identify the source. >> reporter: the blast was apparently centered at the curb line just in front of the home. the explosion injured more than a dozen first responders working near boo. >> mostly had hearing problems. and that was their main concern was hearing. >> this is a shock wave of sorts. >> yes. >> reporter: neighbors living blocks away felt the blast. some cases believing their own homes were under attack. >> your house shake at all? >> yes, very violently. i was came downstairs mine kitchen cabinets were open rt report you go outside and you see this is blocks away. what did you see? >> i saw that side of the house. i see like a fire. the house fire. >> house that vapor arrived. it was scary. roar report some 300 homes are for now without gas and electricity. while crews work to repair the gas line and restore service. >> we're not expecting everybody to get back in their homes right i was way. we are telling people that if they need to find some place to be tonight we've opened up the community center on 260 east bay avenue. >> reporter: those new jersey natural gas customers with questions about resumption of service can call this number. 800, 221-0051. route nine opened at this hour. but utility service to dozens of homes especially on oak avenue still very much up in the air at this hour. lucy? >> thank you very much, bruce. from stafford township we go to new castle county. state police right now holding a news conference on that brett called off. let's listen in life. >> multi jurisdictions work together rapid toll achieve a victory. it's a good day. a little girl gets to come home to her mother and her mother gets to rest soundly tonight and the community can rest. i'd like to thank new castle county pd and all the other pd's that helped us. thank you very much. >> following in protocols we practiced this morning we let you all speak to the mother. i think she's very happy right now. we're going to let you talk to her again. dawn? >> hi. it's a different tone than this morning. i just want to thank the fbi the new castle county police department detectives purse officer jackson officer dolan patricia from the da' office and everyone at the courthouse and all my friends and family who supported me and stood by me threw this hard time today. is my birthday and i prayed all day do to god i would get her back and he gave me the best birthday present ever i think going to get my eleanor back. thank you. >> how did you find out about it? did they call you? >> they called me in and they told me. >> when you got that news -- >> i broke down. i got to talk to her on the phone. so she's shaken but she's ready to be back with me. >> you'll be non up there now or -- >> yes. >> do you expect to be reunited at what time? >> i'm not sure yet. shortly. >> as soon as possible? >> yes. >> was she aware of what was going on? >> i'm sure she was. she's never been away from me for that long. never been out of her routine so i'm sure she's been traumatized. >> was she able to tell you anything about what happened? >> no. she's three. um-um. no. >> do you think she was treated okay though. >> i think so, yes. >> dawn, what's the first thing you'll say to her when you see her? >> nothing. i'm just going to squeeze her and hug her and kiss her. >> looks like you guys had a pretty bumpy relationship the last few weeks. it's going to be me and her. and we'll be happy. that's it. thank you. >> thank you dawn. >> thank you congratulations. >> thank you. >> really appreciate everybody coming back out on such shore notice f there's any questions i can answer without affecting the investigation i'll do so now. >> can you clarify the location again. >> spencer massachusetts. >> can you tell us a little bit about how he was taken into custody. >> we were actually relying on the fbi swat team to take him into custody when he exited the apartment, it wasn't just safer at that time to actually stop him. he had the child with him. we had a visual or they had a visual on him and again that's why you want to have a relationship with your federal partners today. is a great example of working together. >> reporter: why did he go to massachusetts? do you know? >> you've been listening to new castle county officials. they found three year old eleanor trotta found in massachusetts. she is safe. you heard from the mom. very emotional. very happy that she's back with her daughter. this is her birthday shelf got her best present ever. good news. everyone is safe and we will stay on top of this story throughout the newscast. >> we indeed will. you can also go to myfoxphilly.com for the latest 24/7 we'll post any information that is brand new right there on the home page if you don't see it here first. a rough day on septa. service is slowly returning to normal after a fast might have hi moving fire in kensington. massive fire broke out around 5:00 this morning. near the york dauphin station it started in building close to the el and spread to two nearby businesses. snob hurt. firefighters got the blaze under control. despite the bitter cold. >> well, it is cold. 9 degrees so it wasn't frustrating what we do in that situation we look for multiple hydrants. one of the things we do a good job we have hydrants locations everywhere. we switch to another hydrant and the water department did a great job coming out and actually servicing those hydrants to make sure we got service. >> in philly there are about every 300 feet so a lot of hydrants out there. trains near that york dauphin station detoured for most of the day. all this played out near the warehouse where two firefighters died battling a fire in 2012. happening now the ramp where a tanker exploded in flames still closed and causing traffic delays. drivers in that area are wondering when the route 90 ram in that pennsauken will reopen. officials at the delaware river port authority just wrapped up a news conference addressing repairs to that road. fox 29's brad sattin live in lindenwold tonight at the patco administration building. brad, what have we learned? >> reporter: well, iain we can tell that you two ramps has two lanes plus of shoulder all of them still closed tonight. route 130 where it connects with route 90. it's about a mile east of the betsy ross bridge. let's show you the pictures from late yesterday morning. that huge explosion there that happened sending thick black smoke billowing into the air. update for you here that tanker driver amazing system okay. he was released from the hospital. he is with tk transport out of pennsauken. now the environmental cleanup is underway after about 8,000 gallons of gas spilled out some of it of course burned off in that huge blast. the ref of it getting into the ground and nearby creek. the remediation is now underway which includes removing at least 3-inches of soil. we're told the area of damage about 200 yards. now as for reopening the ramp from 90 to route 1 their the plan is s to get one lane reopened but first they have to do few thing. they got to get barriers up. they flood to add notches to the road for traction because the oil made that road very slick. they also got to put in new guardrail and light. as for a timetable -- >> we believe that we'll probably be able to accomplish this a few days. it depends. it depends on issues with contractors and equipment. i think in particular one of the things that has potential to be the tricky yesterday the replace many of the lighting. >> reporter: as far as a cause of the crash still undetermine right now. we heard from neighbors who said that oftentimes cars other vehicles go around that curve too fast the speed limit is 25 miles an hour just got off the phone with the camden county health department. they're telling me there are no real concerns for any residents. some of them live just 40 or 50 yards away as far as air and water, all safe to drink and breathe so to concerns there but certainly the remediation is on going and the hope that at least one lane will get open in the next few days. iain. >> brad, thanks for that update. cold temperatures and they keep dropping in your fox 29 winter weather authority. and here's a live look outside at center city. the last snow came days ago but you still have got to watch your step out there. these temperatures are keeping things icy and sleigh pre on those sidewalks out there and the polar plunge is not done with us just yet. chief meteorologist scott williams live outside old city to explain. scott? >> that's certainly right, iain. it was a cold star to the day. in fact let's look at those records we set this morning. we were close in philadelphia. we saw a low this morning of about 7 degrees. but take a look at some of the other records that fell earlier today. we tied a record of six in wilmington. the pocono mountains got down to 15 degrees below zero setting a new record. right now it's 23 in philadelphia. feels like temperatures are still pretty cold. but there will be a little bit of a warmup on the way as early as tomorrow. so cold tonight but not as frigid. we'll talk about a snow chance in the seven day forecast when i come indoors. back to you. >> all right, scott, thank you. check out this video might make do you a double take. a car on top of other cars in local neighborhood. how this whole thing unfolded. >> and another big truck in trouble. this time in texas. ice sent this truck flying. how the caring for you and your eyes... ... just got a little easier. pearle vision accepts flex accounts and most vision plans, including eye med. this is genuine eye care, right in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. caring for you and your eyes... ... just got a little easier. pearle vision accepts flex accounts and most vision plans, including eye med. this is genuine eye care, right in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. ♪ incredible scene along lancaster avenue earlier today. an suv goes airborne lands on top of some cars at a dealership dealership. rescue crews worked to get that driver out of the suv. >> the question tonight how could this even happen? fox 29's dave kinchen life at that car dealership in ardmore. dave, what a sight it must have been. >> reporter: it really was. investigators say it all started when an elderly woman driving that jeep brought her vehicle out of this car wash and investigators say instead of hitting the brakes she hit the gas and new right into the guardrail, over the snow bank and on to those cars. a pile up of a different kind in ardmore. smart phones were out as crews worked to remove a jeep grand cher row row resting on tom of self cars at the ardmore acura parking lot. a woman had just taken the jeep airborne and came crashing down. >> typically this is not the norm for us. most of the time our vehicles have they are wheels on the ground. >> i heard a bank. dealership service writer ryan saw the woman in her 70s just after she pulled out of nearby car wash. investigators say she hit the gas instead of the brakes and smacked into this guardrail follow beside a snow bank which actor like a ramp. >> she was driving at irate speed. i didn't know where she was going because i knew there was no turn. the air went airborne and landed right on the roof. ran over to the car immediately. i asked her if she was okay. kind of didn't seem like she was sonning right but i told her to stay where she was at and then i immediately called 911. >> brand new vehicles for sale underneath crushed. >> two are a total losses. one with minor damage. >> firefighters used special struts an -- stabilized the jeep while they rescued the driver. >> she had some injuries. did not appear service. the job got trickier. tow trucks raised the jeep while steve wilson hopped in the acura with more than 2 tons of car over his head. he stars the car up and drives it a way. >> i wanted to get the car out from underneath before anything else slipped and we had a big catastrophe here. luckily it was very minimal damage. body wise. >> thankfully no one else was hurt. this was the scene no one here plans to forget any time soon. >> i've seen good pile ups on the highway but not like this. this is a one of a kind. >> reporter: the victim was taken to the hospital where she was stabilized. we're told she will be okay. meanwhile, officials here at the dealership they say they're looking at an $85,000 loss. but they say they're insurance will take care of things. >> iain. dave, thank you new jersey governor christie says no new taxes for residents in new jersey. he delivered his annual budget address more funding will to improve the states schools. he is talking reform when it comes to a all benefit and pension system. he create add pension and health benefits study commission and says working for the state's future his administration has come up with a road map for fixing the problem. his promise coming a day after a judge ordered his administration to put such funds into the system. >> let me tell you this. we don't need any court to tell us we have serious problem. i have stood behind this podium for five years talking about this problem candidly and openly openly. >> christie says if steps aren't taken now things will get much worse. we'll break down some of the new reform proposals for the pension system. ♪ got to love those palm trees. phillies had their first team work out in florida with hopes for a better season than last year. howard eskin live in clearwater tonight. hey, howard? >> they hope for lot more than that lucy. they -- the way they're talking well maybe if everything goes right they can win the world series. that's not going to happen but it's baseball. but it was the first full workout. and ryan sandberg addressed the team before the workout which a manager will do all the time. he was the only one that spoke other than ruben amaro who just talked about logistic. didn't talk about trades. but it's interesting here. ryan howard who people want to talk to now the media does. i don't know if the fans care what he says but i'd be interested to see what he thinks about all the trade talk, about ruben amaro wanting to trade him at one time. still wants to trade him. talking about the fact that he shouldn't be here and should think about going somewhere else else. so but he's not doing to talk and the phillies public relations department just isn't going to push the envelope. however, dominic brown is talking. dominic brown is an interesting guy. because he's going to play right field this year. he struggled a little bit defensively in left field. but there's all this talk about who will be the leader and the sounds like listen to dominic brown, like, all of a sudden now he wants to be some kind of leader. >> i think a lot of guys weren't on the same page. usually the phillie running balls out taking the extra base, you know, we wasn't doing those little things last year and i want to make sure everybody is on the same page to do those little things and win baseball games because we had just a short period of time. >> those guys still here? >> are those guys still here. >> the guys who didn't run out the ground balls? >> we're to the getting into that howard. come on, man. >> making sure that everybody -- i'm just making sure everybody is -- do you your job. which is great. >> he was actually diming out jimmy rollins who didn't run out all the ground balls any other in dom mick brown was terrific at doing those things, too. however that's dominic brown and he says you shake your head, did he just is a that? well, he did. we'll be back and we'll have the other people talk about ryan howard and how he's approaching this camp coming up in sports. >> all right. howard, thanks. see you then. you talk about a rough start to the work day. >> yeah. fire had septa tied up around who are but check out what went down in south korea. the ground is about to open beneath these commuters and swallow them up. they are okay. how they made it out alive. if you're posting photos of your children on social mode ya. have you ever heard of digital kidnapping? what authorities want you to know. >> the worse mass shooting in the countri' of the lee just unfolded. eight people have died in the chech republic. officials say a gunman opened fire at a restaurant in a small town about 185 miles southeast of progress. the gunman is a 60-year-old local resident who took his own life during the shooting. officials say the incident is not a terror tack. surveillance video catches two people falling into a sink hole in south korea. look at that. you see guy an woman get off bus just fall right through a sink hole there in the sidewalk. firefighters were able to pull them out to seive tee. they were taken to nearby hospital and are incredibly expected to be okay. winter continues to cause problems across the country especially in the south. look at this semi truck hanging over a dallas overpass after the driver hit a patch of ice yesterday just south of downtown downtown. a crane was brought in to lift the rig of the truck. thankfully no one was hur. a local single mom and her kid about to be kicked out of their home over tax trouble. what a local church has to do with this. >> this is where the law s this is a home. it's not much but it's ours. >> what fox 29 investigates found when we went digging for answers. scott? iain right now it's dry and cold but parts of our area could see some snow later on this week. we're running the latest computer models with the forecast next. nicole: we all have different needs for our children and basing all of the childrens' needs on one test is not the right road to go down. and something's got to change. okaikor: and the ones who are taking the brunt of it are our children. all the other things that make you a great human being is not important anymore. what's more important is: can you answer a-b-c-d? gina: what am i going to learn for my child from this test that my teacher can't tell me right now? ♪ the search intense an aggressive but tonight the fbi and police in massachusetts have helped find a missing delaware girl. new castle county police called off an amber alert a short time ago. three-year-old elinor trotta is going to be back with her mom soon. and today is her mom dawn's birthday. she prayed and prayed to god and gave her the best birthday present ever. police say elinor's father kidnapped her last night after he assaulted the mother. a swat team caught up to him and caught him in massachusetts today. elinor is safe and we'll have much more coming up at 6:00. happening right now, some early answers in a catastrophic commuter train crash in los angeles area. investigators now say a produce delivery truck got stuck on the tracks early this morning. the engineer of the commuter train saw the truck immediately hit the brakes but could not stop in time. this mobile phone video shows the fiery scene that erupted. tonight police are questioning that truck driver. they say that he is very cooperative. three rail cars flipped on to their sides at least 28 passengers ended up at the hospital. the train engineer is among the most severely injury. many are critical. now this all happened in 35 miles west of los angeles. federal investigators are now head to do the scene and as bad as it is, it could have been much worse. authorities say the frames of three of the cars that derailed did not completely cave in and they credit what's called a crash energy management system that absorbed the shock of the crash to say the lives of passengers. it work. authorities have not row leased the truck driver's name but say he's not from the area. >> george zimmerman will not face federal charges for shotting and killing trayvon martin. the department of justice is set to announce it will not file civil rights charges against zimmerman. the department conducting its own independent investigation after a florida court did not indict zimmerman back in 2013 for second degree murder and manslaughter. attorney general eric shoulder saying the evidence did not meet the high standard for federal hate crime prosecution. zimmerman shot martin back in 2012 as he was walking home from a store in florida near or license dough. martin's death sparked protests across the country. >> to your fox 29 winter weather authority right now. the good news is iain, it wasn't as windy today. >> i know. may feel a little bit better. >> the high item which are was 25 degrees. but that's right, the wind it really wasn't an issue so it fell a little milder. >> yeah. >> it did. it's odd to say. >> it really is. tomorrow it's going to be odd to say that temperatures topping out in the 30s is actually going to feel pretty nice. as we look at those weather headlines torque night not as brutal. temperatures in the teens. upper theirs for highs tomorrow and some snow is possible for some by thursday morning. but look at the temperatures this morning. it was seven in philadelphia. the record was two. so that is safe for us. but 25 degrees that's it. we should be in the mid 40s for this time of year and sun is setting later at about 5:47. so looking at temperatures, pretty uniform low to mid 20s out there. we have 21 in pottstown. 22 right now in wilmington. 24 in millville and 21 in atlantic city. so you factor in that wind, it feels like 14 degrees right now in the philadelphia area. as we look at ultimate doppler there is some snowfall showing up but this is to our south. and most of this will be moving on off to the east some of it though could clip sections of says sucks county maybe cape may county that's not expected to be big deal. host as we move out to the southwest, we're watching this moisture that will eventually bring some of that snow back toward our area as early as wednesday night into thursday. but by tomorrow morning major problems expected for north texas around the dallas area and then this eventually moves toward atlanta and charlotte by wednesday night. and then overnight wednesday into thursday, some of that moisture will like likely clip sections of delaware as well as south jersey. maybe an inch or two of snow is the latest thinking. we could even see a passing flurry toward the philadelphia area so we will have to watch thus forecast. but root now the models are keeping most of that energy to the south and east of i once again there could be a couple of inches that develop as we move toward your thursday morning time frame south and east. we'll monitor that forecast over the next couple of days but for tonight, one at degrees in the city. north and weren't suburban about 10. scattered clouds not as frigid hard to believe that we're talking 18 degrees for the low it's not as cold. and then for tomorrow, 37 degrees for the high temperature. but that is still below where we should be for this time of year. a mixture of sun and clouds. we're calling that non as harsh. so tomorrow looks like a pretty miss day. and then as we move toward your thursday once again we'll be watching that system that right now is in the southwest so still has long way to travel but we could see some of that snow in sections of extreme south jersey and southern delaware. temperatures colder by 10 degrees. wednesday into thursday. 27 degrees will be the high temperature stays cold for friday upper 20s. the weekend right now is going to start below freezing 31 on saturday. then sunday clouds increase but yeah temperatures milder. 43 degrees will be the high on sunday. there might be a late day shower chance on sunday. but monday right now looks like a better chance for some rainfall. 46 for the high. and then maybe some rain and wet snow as we move toward tuesday of next week with temperatures topping out in the mid to upper 30s. so, a little bit of roller coaster ride. tomorrow is nice. then thursday morning we're watching for snow for some. >> all right. sounds good, scott. thank you. do your kids have peanut allergies. >> one of them a little bit. >> mine son, too. he had bad ones. they can be scary. >> absolutely. >> of course you'll do all you can to protect your child. >> how about this new study suggests you should be doing the opposite of what you may be doing right now. so stuck around for and that parents you may also like to use social media accounts to most cute pictures of your kids but authorities want you to know about something called digital kidnapping. we'll explain. >> coming up at 6:00 a story that will make you probably say ew. folks in local county are complaining about a salty taste in their drinking water. we told you about this. authorities know why it's happening and their answer may compromise? middle ground? does it really look like we're holding anything back? longhorn's dinner for two for $29.99. choose two of 7 entrees. like the grilled portabella sirloin or the parmesan 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funding. quote quo. esp inform released a statement calling the exchange completely inappropriate. >> in your hell a major in you study finds the best way to prevent poe nut allergies could be early exposure to peanuts. that's the opposite of what most moms and dads do. new findings show exposing kids to peanuts before their first birthday can help them build up a tolerance maybing them 81% less likely to develop an allergy. more than 600 babies were involved in the study which is publish in the new england journal of medicine of course talk to your pediatrics before making any decision for your little ones. >> pretty amazing that study. >> video speaking of a crash that is hard to believe the driver survived but he did. >> this truck flew over the expressway crashing through a pole. a sign and then a chain linked fence and while that driver did survive, he's in big trouble tonight. >> a local mother worried she's going to lose her home. she can't pay her taxes. who is telling her to get out. would you believe a group with ties to an area church? >> do you think a church should foreclose on her and kick her out. >> no. >> is that what you folks do? >> not terribly compassionate. what happens when we confront the pastor >> tough night at the oscars. it wasn't enough to get people to watch the show this year. one of the lowest rated oscars in seven years. joining us nouse the host of dish nation head crack. this can't be the results the cad mow was looking for. >> i'm actually shocked. like neal patrick harris that dude and he made this show positive at the beginning. there was dancing, there was guest appearances from jack black and the girl from pitch perfect. i men what more could you want but according to the stats it's worst ratings since 2008 and 17% drop from last year's show. i'm wondering are people award showed out because you have this the people' choice awards, you had the sag actor's award. must be there was too many options on sunday night. walking dead was on as well. (laughter). >> all right. let's stay in hollywood head crack. wedding bells will be temporarily put on hold for so foe ya veer garr a what's going on here? >> well, you know, sophia and joe, they have been engaged for about six months. and the wedding is being put on hold because joe what's to promote magic mike two. which in a weird way i feel like it's big mistake f i was joe i would have married so if he ya the day i proposed. >> he's like hey i want to promote magic mike two. he wants to bring his own money as well. i get it but at the end don't blow a good thing bro. >> might change your mine. head crack always pleasure. we appreciate the time. >> after fox 29 news at 10:2 hours of new and info taken many. tmz and inside edition followed by dish nation and chasing news at 12:30g why take chance on that one. lock that in. looks locate a scene out of movie in boston. pick up flies off right a highway over the weekend. the truck somehow crashed through the light pole. you got that there. went through the exit sign. took down a chain linked fence before landing on a highway below. the driver says because he's alive he remembers falling asleep and hitting a snow bank then waking up surrounded by paramedic. the man faces several charges in crash including driving drunk. in the garden state it is perfectly legal to buy a homeowners unpaid tax bill charge an exorbitant interest rate take the home if the bill is not paid. >> what would you think if a school run by a house of worship were doing it? horse jeff cole and follow fox 29 investigates. >> reporter: donna mack well a single mom in burlington county is raising the youngest four of her eight children in this springfield mobile home. she lost her job as a cashier and faces medical problems in her family. maxwell is proud shows been able to stay in her hometown of almost 50 years until now. >> this is trailer on piece of property acre an quarter the kids have been made fun of it so much all eight kids because we live in trailer but it's so funny all that you are friends want to come here. because this is where the love is. this is a home. it's not much but it's ours. >> reporter: but that's the problem. this run down trailer and the surrounding land doesn't belong to mack well. not any longer. in fact, she has just two months before she must get out. she's facing a spring evict. so who is telling her to left? who owns the property. you may not leave it. the life center academy religious skull foreclosed on the property. it's been placed under the control of another entity with an address at the fountain of live center, a church located on what it calls a spiritual oasis in burlington. so how did this come about? well when taxes aren't paid new jersey law allows communities to sell what are called tax lean at auction. anybody can bid. pay off the taxes and then demand repayment from the property owner plus interest. fail to pay and they can move to take the home. that is what's happened to donna maxwell and her family. isn't so your understanding is this church has paid these taxes? >> yup. >> reporter: because it wants this property. >> yes. >> it will throw you the hell out of here. >> i've asked if we could rent and the lady i called last week she won't return my phone call. >> reporter: it work this way. the group buys the back taxes can file the home or foreclose after two years. if the banks stay out of it it falls into their lap for the little they payed. there were 54,004 closure filings in new jersey last year. the most since 2010. more than 2,000 were filed on people who didn't pay their tax taxes. mack well' leans were bought for only a couple thousand dollars 14 years ago. but the school is allowed to charge 18% interest under the law. she's now told she owes a stunning 55 grant. >> came here at 22 and i'm leaving at 50. this is the life offing. >> maxwell fell behind when her dad who helped her pay the tax bills got ill. the land is actual until an ex-husband's name but he's out of the picture. she says she thought an earlier bankruptcy would protect her family. >> you think you're drowning. >> i feel like i am. think about. where you going to go. when they come and throw you out out, your stuff is left behind. i don't have money for storage. so we'll take what we can take and that's it. >> reporter: wet we wanted to know why a church is wrapped up in this. meet executive pastor david bowed win. >> let me tell you we've heard from folks who are really concerned and upset about it. i think you could probably -- >> donna maxwell. >> i don't know her. >> surprised that a church is in the tax lien business? so was our financial expert. >> i've been doing this a long time i've been working with non-profits and i've been managing money for long time. i've never once heard of a non-life profit let alone religious non-profit buying tax leans. >> dan rocatto at a fox 29 contributor and serve as the mayor and councilman in new jersey. buying tax leans is clearly an appropriate and legal tool he says but he does wonder why any church would go down this path. >> i suspect most congregants might be very uncomfortable with the concept of buying tax sales ultimately foreclosing foreclosing on create creating more homeless instead of less homeless. >> it's gotten ms. see a few years back a business controlled by the fountain of live center the church drew the attention of anti-trust investigation at the justice department. that business was charged with conspiracy pleaded guilty, paid a fine and got probation. now a civil lawsuit that names the church may cost a quarter million dollars. remember pastor bowed win? we pressed him about mack well losing her home. >> don in maxwell being foreclosed on. she's told she's got to leave -- >> did she pay her taxes. >> no, she hasn't g she should pay her taxes. that's the law. >> do you think a church should foreclose on her and conduct her out. >> no. >> is that what you folks do. >> if somebody doesn't pay their taxes somebody will buy it. >> should it ab church. >> that's a state law. >> seriously should it ab church that does that and tells her to go. >> i don't know donna mack well. >> reporter: he also said he was no longer involved in any of that and claimed the church had stopped now buying tax leans. reverend carl colette tee the district superintendent for the church's new jersey parent organization called this practice repulsive. tonight at 10:00 we have more and another local woman faces the loss of her home and the feds come calling. jeff cole, fox 29 news. that's tonight at 10:00. we hope folks will take lock. jeff we look forward to that. thank you. to parents who like to use that you are social mode ya accounts to post those cute pictures of their kids you might want to think twice. police are now issueing a warning about growing trend referred to as digital kidnapping. that's when someone steals a picture of your child and posts it on social media claiming the child is their own. troubling as it may sound police say for now doing this is not against the law. both facebook and instagram have spoken out against the growing trend saying it violates their terms of service agreements. >> weekend snowstorm threatened to put a damper on one couple's we hadding in virginia and to the rescue firefighters in arlington county. with camille family in town and her original wedding venue unusable because of snow they had a few options left. at the last minute firefighters offed her firehouse for her walk down the aisle. she didn't even have a wedding cake but thanks to the generosity of arlington's bravest this is a moment that she never forget. >> i can tell, like, they really put things together, like, i'm like oh, my goodness, really, like is this really happening? they're like my super heroes. >> we're in probably a quarter to a third of their wedding photos because they felt that we were part of the family and i think we'll always be part of their family. always be a connection. >> absolutely. not surprisingly the firefighters had zero wedding planning experience. but said they were theme respond to did you ever kind of of emergency. >> we've been pulling for 12-year-old andrew sappily of west deptford new jersey ever sin the start of the latest season of master chef gentleman injury here on fox 29 much he's made it all the why tonight's finals he stopped by good day earlier today where mike and alex asked him some tough questions. >> tonight this is it. this is the end of this season. you're going to win it or not win it against this other chef. you have to make a dessert? >> yes. >> you got to do the entree, the appetizer an dessert. >> um-hmm, yup. >> oman. >> down to two. >> down to two. what do you win again if you win. >> $100,000 the tool of master chef, jr. and a fabulous trophy. just looks like a diamond. >> where did you put the trophy when you got it? >> good one. >> nice try. you won't tell. >> if i get it tonight i will put it probably -- i would clean out my room and move it somewhere else and just have a whole room dedicated to it. >> you can watch andrew compete for the top prize on the season finale of master chef, jr. torque night at 8:00 right her on fox 29. then of course new episodes of new girl and the mindy project. full crap up of the news, weather and sports on fox 29 news at 10. straight ahead at 6:00 an amber alert ends a little girl found safe. her father accused of kidnapping her. how police found her several states away. plus the where a house used to stand. what led to an explosion that has rock a local community. sometimes, caring for your neighbors means going the extra mile. when our patient, susan, mentioned her dad couldn't make it in to pearle vision to get his eyes checked... we went to him. and we realized, if he had trouble getting new glasses... he probably wasn't the only one. to us, eye care is about living dr. pearles legacy. building a trusting relationship with the person behind the eyes. this is genuine eye care right in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. >> happening right now incredible eyewitness look at a devastating home explosion. the stafford township police department just released that video moments ago. it's rather incredible. you see that home explode in a heartbeat. parts of the home blowing in every direction. the roof shooting sky high. you saw it all still coming down off in the distance people scrambling all of this happened this morning in ocean county new jersey. wow. good evening i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. more than dozen people hurt in that blast crews work to fix a gas leak. >> fox 29's bruce gordon live in stafford township with more on the cleanup this evening. it liked like a we are zone out there. >> reporter: it does indeed, lucy. we are one block away. one street over from the blast site. you may be able to see those work lights off in the distance there. one home destroyed. several others sustaining significant damage. zone people injured in all. they are utility workers police officers firefighters, 13 of those injuries are minor but tonight two new jersey natural gas employees are at last report hospitalized in atlantic city in critical condition. her son shot this footage moments after the natural gas explosion that leveled the home at 59 oak avenue. >> when you saw the video, what was the first reaction you had upon seeing that video those pictures? >> i was floored. it's just scary. just scary. >> reporter: know something like that could happen? >> i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: skyfox footage shows the smoldering pile of rubble at the blast scene. utility workers police and firefighters had been called here just before 9:00 a.m. on reports of a natural gas leak. about 90 minutes later with residents evacuated and new jersey natural gas workers on the scene the place blue sky high. >> what was the nature mike of the work the guys were doing you guys were doing at the time of of the explosion. >> they were in the process of

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