Nbc 10 news. This afternoon, wilmingtons mayor is offering his thoughts. He tells nbc 10, i give my condolences to both the family and loved ones of Thomas Cottingham and pray they find solace and sprentrength in know he was a hero. Were following a breaking traffic situation this afternoon along the schuylkill expressway. A deadly crash has the westbound lanes crawling right now. The crash is at the exit for route 1. Sky force 10 was over the scene just about an hour ago. We have learned a woman has been killed in this crash and the route 1 exit along 76 west is still shut down, and that has led to a major backup on 76. Right now at 5 00, a gas leak ignites and leaves a south jersey building in ruins. Witnesses captured the flames on their smartphones and sent the images to nbc 10. Sky force 10 also getting a look at the damage from above. Nbc 10 south jersey reporter live at the scene. Somehow no one was hurt in all of this. Do investigators know how this gas leak started . Reporter jacqueline and jim, the judge who owns this building was away on business in california and a tenant escapes narrowly with 90 minutes. Police tell us that construction crews have been working on a project out here likely nicked a line and that forced the gas to fill up in the basement and perhaps a pilot light forced the explosion and fire. Right now the gas company is investigating. Demolition crews worked to tear down the shell of the gutted law office that intense flames ripped apart at 8 00 tuesday morning. Just an hour and a half after frank survay left for work. Witnesses sent us these cell phone videos of the fiery explosion. One neighbor usually doing yardwork next door, this morning he went for coffee and returned to feel the heat. Full house full of flames. Reporter his siding melted off and some of his windows shattered by the explosion. House on the other side, nothing happened. It was all coming this way. Reporter you could see the destruction from sky force 10. Down the street, mark says burnt insulation rained down on his home ten minutes ahead of the flames, precisely when a secretary to the judge who owned the building was pulling up for work. What happened if she was sitting in a chair . Thats pretty scary. Couldnt get the gas shut off. I guess that was just feeding it. Reporter police say the explosion shook their headquarters. Kline construction was installed, Police Believe they cut a line that fed to the homes basement. At that point we knew there was another gas line opened, so we evacuated everything around the area here in case there was another explosion. Thats one of those things that cant happen, you know . Until it does. Its all surreal. Reporter heart breaking, too, right . Definitely is. Reporter and police tell me two other times this summer fire crews were called to this stretch of broadway but able to quickly cap small leaks on this ongoing gas renewal project, which is right now tentively on hold. South jersey gas tells me it would be premature to comment on what went wrong until their investigation is complete. Live in pensville, nbc 10 news. Some background here, this is the third building destroyed in a gas explosion in our region this year. You might remember some of the video were going to show you from a Police Officers dashboard camera. Hard to forget this, captured the explosion that leveled the ocean county home in late february. Someone reported a gas leak before the explosion, so police had already evacuated dozens of homes in the area. 15 gas workers, firefighters, and emts were injured. Less than a week later another home in ocean county exploded after the owner turned on his bathroom light and ignited gas fumes in his home. The man was severely burned but no one else was hurt. Both homes were customers of new jersey natural gas. The Company Urges anyone who smells gas to immediately leave the building. Once youre a safe distance away, call the company to report the leak. Do not use a land line phone, because that could spark the gas. Right now at 5 00, fire investigators in philadelphia are still working to figure out what sparked a center City Construction site fire early this morning. By this afternoon, our cameras got a look at the damage left behind. The remains of the construction site to build a bar and restaurant, but a little after 4 00 this morning, neighbors noticed the flames and rushed to warn those closer to the danger. I looked out my window and saw it was a small fire when i saw it, and i called 911 and ran out trying to figure out how to Contact People there, because they are all asleep. Residents on the lower floors of two neighboring apartment buildings may be out of their homes for a better part of a week as crews work to repair the damage. We have new information this afternoon on an isisinspired plot against pope francis during his upcoming visit to the u. S. Nbc news has confirmed a south jersey teenager is under arrest in the foiled attack. Rosemary connors is live with a look at what weve learned. Rosemary . Jim, that suspect is 15 years old. Sources tell nbc news he possibly suffers from a mental disorder and that he had been living in a tent in the backyard of his familys house in Camden County. Authorities say that the boy had a plan, a detailed plan, to attack the pope while hes in the u. S. Later this month, and it included several people, guns, and explosives. But authorities dont believe that the teen had access to resources like money and materials. Nevertheless, they say he reviewed isis material on the internet and he made contact with people overseas. We spoke to philadelphias mayor michael nutter. He tells us that this arrest is a sign that Law Enforcement efforts are working. 9 11 changed everything in the united states, if not in the world, and we all have to just think about things in a very, very different way than we did, you know, maybe 15 years ago, and its just our reality. Authorities considered not charging the teen because of his age and his mental state, but because the threat involved the pope, they decided to move forward with the charges. We also reached out to the fbis office in philadelphia, they are not commenting on this matter, but they have assured us that their agents are working with the secret service and other authorities in advance of the papal visit. Reporting from the digital operations center, im rosemary connors, nbc 10 news, back to you. All right, a week from now pope francis will be in the united states. The pope arrives in washington, d. C. Next tuesday at 4 00. Hell be there for several days before he heads to new york, then philadelphia. Crews were hard at work in the Nations Capital today setting up riser platforms outside the basilica of the National Shrine ahead of the popes mass there next wednesday. And if you dont want to wait for the popes arrival in philadelphia, you might be able to attend one of his events in the Nations Capital. Pope francis scheduled to attend a joint meeting of congress september 24th, and delaware senators tom carper and chris coons are offering a limited number of tickets to watch the live broadcast of that event in d. C. You can go to their websites for more information. By the way, several other lawmakers from the region are doing the same, so check with your local congressmans office to see if they are also offering tickets. No jail time for a Chester County man accused of beating and injecting a kitten with heroin. Last Summer Police rescued the then8weekold kitten. Officials say it had a rope around its neck and trauma to its head. The kitten was taken to hope Veterinary Clinic in melbourne where doctors determined it had been injected with heroin. Hes since made a full recovery and found a new home. James paul myers was charged and sentenced to one year probation and community service. The budget battle in pennsylvania is affecting many throughout the state, including thousands of foster children. Today, a Child WelfareAdvocacy Group filed a lawsuit asking for a court to release money for the children. The money is needed to Keep Services running for about 15,000 kids. Pennsylvanias new budget year began july 1st and the 11weekold budget stalemate has been a contentious fight for the governor. The Administration Says the state cannot make child county welfare payments until a budget is approved andsn today wolf sa hed only sign a stopgap spending plan if he has a general agreement with lawmakers, going on to say it will take some time to get the details in place and he wont sign a stopgap plan thats an alternative to the budget. A Police Officer accused of murder and now he could face the Death Penalty. We just got an update from prosecutors and well hear from them coming up. Also, parts of utah under water. This flash flooding is already led to numerous deaths. Now a closer look at the damage left behind. Another cool night for the area but a warmup before the week is over and changes for part of the weekend. Those details coming up. This is nbc 10 news. We continue with a live look from nbc 10s exclusive eagles nest camera. In just five days the birds will take on the cowboys, but today fans are still reeling over last night ice disappointing loss to the falcons and people have a lot of opinions over just what went wrong. John clark from Comcast Sportsnet joining us live. They lose, people have plenty of opinions about how they could do it better. John, what do you think . Reporter yeah, youre right. A little bit of a tuesday hangover from the monday night loss. Very frustrating loss, and if i would have told you going into the Season Opener that the new free agent running backs that the eagles got would combine for 11 carries and just 13 yards you would say no way, impossible, but thats what happened, so of course they have to get the running game going against the cowboys and a big concern with the secondary. Lets look how the falcons sealed it last night, the win, sam bradford intercepted with under 2 00 left. The ball went right through the hands of jordan matthews. Of course, right before that the eagles missed a field goal and after the game sam bradford had an xray, but he says it was just for precautionary reasons. He says he is okay, chip kelly says today that sam is okay, and next sunday against the cowboys sam bradford hopes they can start off the game the way they played in the second half last night, because the first half was unacceptable. You know, i think we killed ourselves. Too many negative plays, you know, i wasnt good enough in the pass game to get us going. Then penalties. You know, just seems like we kept putting ourselves behind the sticks in the first half. Reporter and remember, sam hadnt played a game in 22 months, so maybe a little bit of rust. How about the new 63 million cornerback, byron maxwell, he gave up ten catches for 179 yards last night. What was the problem . Well hear from him coming up at 6 00. Im john clark live at Trump National golf club in pinehill, new jersey, for ed snyders Youth Hockey Foundation dinner. That at 6 00,we as well, see yo then. Theyve got some work to do, thanks. They have time to fix the problems. Thanks, john. Even when the eagles games arent on nbc 10, well still bring you exclusive coverage you cant get anywhere else, join us for our pre and post game shows for analysis and interviews with players and coach chip kelly. Theres a vehicle oh, no theres two vehicles. Coming up at 5 00, new cell phone video showing cars washed away by flood waters in utah. Look at this, right now at 5 00 the search for five people missing in the waters, at least six others are dead. This flooding has ravaged a Small Religious Community along the utaharizona border. Nbc brings us up to date. Reporter the small utah town woke up to tragedy this morning after an intense storm monday afternoon triggered flash floods and mudslides. Theres two vehicles reporter virginia black watched the wall of water sweep the cars down the channel. There goes a van. Oh, my gosh. It went over the fence. Terrifying to me. You just realize the ground that we thought was all safe wasnt, we werent safe here anymore. Reporter today, the bull dozers removing debris and the reality of the destruction left behind. Hurts my heart hearing about all these people. Reporter the pair of vehicles with 16 people onboard was swept 100 yards away into a channel, killing at least nine, several people are still missing. In certain areas its really boggy, three or four feet deep in sand, you know, i mean thats how deep it is. Reporter the National Weather service issued a Flash Flood Warning for the area along the utaharizona border. Forecasters estimate two and a half inches of rain fell in just two hours. The area, already saturated from recent rain, is struggling to recover. Hilldale and its sister city of colorado city, arizona, are home to a religious sect once controlled by warren jeffs, whos serving a life sentence for child sexual assault. Dan schenamen, nbc news. Right now, the fight against the Deadly Wildfires in california continues. Thousands of firefighters are working 24 hours a day while 23,000 people are hoping that their homes havent burned down. One woman has been killed in her house. 600 homes and buildings destroyed and another 9,000 are now threatened. Videos like this one keep surfacing showing people escaping the flames near their homes. It was just something out of a Science Fiction movie. Four firefighters have been injured battling this fire. So far it is only 15 contained. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. More beautiful weather in our forecast, especially as we go into your evening, but its also getting warmer outside. Today was a little warmer than it was yesterday. Were right around 80 degrees for most of the area and its going to keep warming up as we go into tomorrow. Sunshine for several days all the way into your weekend, but over the weekend well see some changes. Another cool down coming mostly for the second half of the weekend just in time for the eagles games sunday. Right now heres a live look at cape may, not one cloud in the sky. This is how it looked across the area all day today. We started with the Cool Temperatures and now were ending with comfortable conditions. Most of the area has been in the low 80s but temperatures are dropping into the 70s for some. 79 pottstown and westchester, 81 degrees in allentown right now and much of south jersey and delaware in the low 80s. Yesterday at this time, though, we were in the 70s. Were starting to warm up a bit. Tomorrow will be a little warmer than today. Thats going to continue into the weekend. So take a look at our temperature trend, the average high is 78 degrees. Yesterday we were around 77. Today so far 82. Tomorrow mid 80s. Same thing as we end out the week. Over the weekend you might notice more in the way of humidity. Nice and dry on the radar, really no clouds anywhere close by, so we really dont expect the clouds as we go through the end of the week. You have to look down to the south to see any clouds and rain, and thats going to stay to our south. A lot of dry air still on its way in as we go even through the end of the week, so this is whats happening, this is why were so dry. Big area of High Pressure right over us, and as we go through the next few days here, just kind of meander around the northeast, so thats going to keep us dry and sunny. By friday, slowly moving offshore, but still sunny as we end out the week. Then we go into saturday. Little more humidity ahead of a cold front, so you might notice that the cold front moves through, we dont expect really any rain with it. Its going to be a dry cold front, but you might notice more clouds over part of your weekend. Sunday cooler and breezy, another area of High Pressure moves, keeping us dry into next week and looks good for the eagles game so far for sunday. Tonight nice conditions, 53 for the low in allentown, 54 reading. Philadelphia, some of the suburbs in new jersey, millville could get down to the mid 50s. Tomorrow, sunny day, warmer than today, temperatures in the mid 80s and low humidity again. Thursday and friday looking pretty much like today and tomorrow, except those temperatures going up a bit. For saturday, nice, little bit more humidity. Sunday dropping down to around 80 degrees, then we drop down to the upper 70s starting next week. To decision 2016, with just 24 hours until the next republican president ial debate, candidates are making last minute preppreparations. Edward lawrence is in washington with more on what we can expect. Reporter donald trump received a texassized welcome at a rally in dallas. So, the debate. I hear they are all going after me. Whatever. Reporter in true trump fashion, he didnt hold back. I like carly. And i like ben, and i like many of the people that im running against, but nobodys going to be able to do the job that im going to do. Reporter outside, protesters clash with Trump Supporters over his immigration plan. I probably identify more as a democrat. Reporter more pushback is coming from within the republican party. A new ad from club for growth in iowa questions trumps loyalty as a conservative. Hes really just playing us for chumps. Trump, just another politician. Reporter still, trump continues to climb in the polls, up to 27 . Along with the other noncareer politicians, ben carson and carly fiorina. The largest gain since july belongs to carson, now at 23 . I think hes almost like so soft spoken that part of me doesnt really feel like hes sort of the commander in chief type of persona. With that being said, i think ben carson is the less radioactive version of trump. Reporter jeb bushs support fell from 13 to 6 . They are all looking forward to the debate to try and step out from trumps shadow and grab the spotlight. The candidates will literally inches from each other on stage because of limited space. Political A