An explosion underground so strong it shattered glass. A manhole fire in the middle of manhattan ties up traffic for hours. Im alice gainer. Maurice and kristine are off. The fire overnight. Dave carlin has more for us. Reporter on west 45th street at 9th avenue right now where the con ed workers are, they have been toiling in the heated, smoky conditions for going on 12 hours now and the machine you can see right now connected to the truck vacuums out the water and the debris out of the man whole where the blast was, heated situation for the workers and also a super heated situation for drivers ever since the explosion. Suddenly i take a video and a really big explosion. Reporter the 12 seconds wallop. Her camera rolling, and after the fire ball roars out of the ground, you can hear breaking glass. Whoa reporter this is the cracked window, five floors up, and over here a schoolyard fire hydrant which was struck by the manhole cover. Cover just boom, came off we all just screamed and r
Store . The weekend is looking good but hot. For the entirety of the weekend. In fact saying hey, we have another chance for the first heat wave of 2015. Over the next few days. That gives you a sense of where temperatures will be. In the low 90s over the next few days and that of course, that trend begins today. Lets go ahead and take a look at where we are starting off. Very comfortable out there, 74 in the the city and cooler north and west. That is now 61. And 62 in sparta and greenwich starting your day at 70, for the hamptons 65 and 66 in the area. On the vortex satellite radar picture. Some clouds. But not a cloudy day per se. More clouds well to the north of the city. For today, we are looking at a very sunny start to the weekend. There is an air quality alert in effect today from 11 00 until 11 00. Mainly for portions of new jersey. Because we do expect increasing humidity through the weekend, and hot temperatures. So here is the breakdown of your day. 78 at 9 00. Feels like 7
Soon as today. This morning we are told he is in stable condition, after getting shot twice during the tense standoff. You can hear the chaos from friday morning when the six hour standoff and gunfire landed lieutenant jim hayes in 391year veteran with the fdny and father of two is expected to make a full recovery. The neighbors anxious for him to return home. A great family man. Taking care of his kids. Taking care of the house. Says hello. Very friendly. They showed up at the apartment of garland tyree to serve him for a probation arrest and they called the Fire Department for help with the smoke and lieutenant hayes went in and got struck twice. Once through the left buttock and then the calf muscle. And he opened fire at surrenders when he refused to surrender. We spoke to his mother after the suspect came to his defense. I dont think he wanted to hurt nobody. Sources say sources had been recently investigating the gunman in connection with many shootings in the city. And 18 prior
Gun was illegal. Garrett haake is live at the courthouse with the teens connection to the shooting and the fathers reaction to the charges. Garrett . Reporter a source close to this case says that teen has already had his first appearance here at superior court where he heard the charges against him, two counts of Child Cruelty and three charges related to illegal possession of a weapon and ammunition. The accidental shooting death of 3yearold dalis cox last month horrified the people who loved her. All of our children were standing there watching, her friends, parents. Its something that we shouldnt have to see. Reporter and drew condemnation from the mayor and police chief. That gun should have never been in a place where it could have been accidentally or otherwise used to put a little girl in danger. Reporter on monday Police Arrested a 17yearold connected to the case and charged him as a juvenile with Child Cruelty. A former mpd detective explains. As long as he did something that
Temperatures. Similar in the low 90s. More humid and more clouds. Generally a mostly sunny day on tap and a hot one. The current temperatures, 76 in the city. 59 in monticello. 69 for yaphank and 68 in cranbury. Most of us in the 60s and 70s out there. As we look at the vortex satellite and radar we had a few showers making their way to the north of the city early this morning. They are starting to dissipate. The sprinkles, you may see a few more fall before all is said and done. By this afternoon, skies will be mostly sunny under an air quality alert. We have high levels of o shown in the atmosphere. 9 00 a. M. 79. Feeling like 82. By noon 86, mostly sunny. Feels like 88. At 3 00 this afternoon, we peak at 92 degrees. It will feel like 94. Skies will be mostly sunny. In the first forecast, the full heat wave of 2013. I will have details shortly. We begin with breaking news out of east harlem. Police are on the hunt for a man who escaped custody while still in handcuffs. Ilana gold joi