Firefighters, the smoke, it was too much. Reporter family members say both victims had been diagnosed with almost heim, their bodies found in a first floor bedroom used by the couple. One unusual aspect, the family says a son had been called to the house yesterday morning after his sister had smelled smoke. My sister talked to my brother saying she was smelling like smoke, like fire and he came over and he checked and he didnt find nothing wrong. Reporter that call was about 10 hours before the fatal fire. The Fire Marshals Office is conducting an investigation into the origin and cause of the blaze. As we say that Investigation Continues this evening aiding the Fire Marshals Office were told are investigators with the Reading Police department. Live in reading, john rawlins channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you john. New information on a breaking story from glenolden Delaware County for you right now. Chopper 6 hd over a crash involving three vehicles moments ago here in the 100 block of South Chester pike. Now, witnesses are telling us police tried to stop a vehicle and then that the driver took off and was somehow involved in the accident. Those witnesses say the driver who fled from police has died at the scene. We are still gathering more information on this breaking story for you at this hour. Officials say the south Jersey Police officer who hit and killed a 10yearold boy last night was responding to an urgent call. Matthew mccloskey and two friends were walking to a sleep overin Franklin Township when it happened. They were walking with two adults. Families say matthew started to cross the street as others saw a fast approaching vehicle. They called for matt to come back but it was too late. The witness says the cruisers lights and sirens were not activated. Well have the full story for you coming up in a live report at 6 00. Philadelphia police are asking for your help locating a man with a medical condition who has been missing for more than a week. 22yearold bresheeed cook was last seen december 21st in olney. Hes known to frequent the area of c street and allegheny avenue. Cooks family sales he does not drive or have a cell phone and he does need medication. Hes fivetemperature and 145 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call northwest detectives. The number on your screen is 215 6863353. Turning now to the onto going relief at the pump. Gas prices are now hovering well below the three dollars a gallon mark. The National Average is actually sitting at 2. 29 so taking a look close to here for philadelphia drivers the average for a regular gallon here 2. 63. In south jersey believe it or not the prices are actually hitting the same as the National Average and in delaware a gallon there costing 2. 46. Now, new jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic joining us live from trenton. Nora you spoke with one analyst who said we could enjoy these low prices well into the new year. Reporter sharrie, this is a great way to start 2015 with prices at the pump still dropping. Now, there are several gas stations in ocean county where gas is under two dollars a gallon and drivers are lining up there to fill their tanks. Oh the like christmas. Theyre giving gas away. Im surprised. Reporter when you see 1. 95 a gallon, what did you knowy did you think . The old days. Got to fill up. Drivers are practically giddy pulling up to the pumps at this costco on route 70 in brick. Thats where regular gasoline is selling for 1. 95 a gallon, the lowest price anywhere in the state of new jersey. Its half the price now to fill up on this truck. So it means a lot. We could do more. Tomorrow were driving down to smithville because its so inexpense seven. The line of cars were 10 deep when we visited the station. They have to put out cones and direct traffic at times but drivers dont seem to mind. Price is incredible. I couldnt go anyplace else no matter what the line is. Reporter and when you see 1. 95 a gallon unbelievable. Reporter gas prices have continue to do drop because theres a glut of oil. Production remains high even though demand is down. Thats great news for consumers who oil analysts say will be saving a bundle. 2015 is going to be a much, much cheaper year for everyone. Were anticipating probably 120 billion of additional disposable income. Reporter thats money that goes into your pocket instead of the pump. Well, it definitely helps out. I come here mostly because of the prices and its on the way to work. So its definitely helpful to have them a lot cheaper than what weve done. Reporter tom buck is heading to florida soon and was gassing up his motor home. Used to cost me about 200. Im hoping its going to be a little over a hundred this time. Reporter look at the pump. Buckley filled his tank for under a hundred and couldnt be happier. Its the first time in years that its been under hundred dollars. Reporter how does that feel . Feels great. I love it. Man, ill tell you i wish it could be like this all the time. Reporter well, back live now it will be at least for awhile which means families can save hundreds of dollars and put the money they would have spent on gas towards something else. Good news for drivers everywhere. Live in trenton im Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. We do like it thank you nora. Nora thanks. The eagles season is officially over. They managed to pull off a win over the giants yesterday but they wont enjoy a trip to the playoffs that so many had hoped for earlier in the season. That part we didnt care for. Action news director Ducis Rodgers joining us with a disappointing end to the season. We had known their fate for a week but that didnt make it easier to digest. The birds missed the playoffs for the third time in the past four years. Its been six seasons since they won a playoff game. No game planning for a post season contest. Players came in early this morning for exit interviews and to clean out their lockers. There will be changes this off season there always are. Coach kelly says hell not only take a close look at his players performance over the year hell turn the microscope on himself as well. We will analyze everything. The personnel, lets make sure and you can talk to your eagle outside you can park your ego outside of the door. Its no like we put blinders on and say im talking in general and overall as a group i think we got a bunch of futures here but that doesnt mean we cant improve either. Inside the locker room a lot of players including owner Jeffrey Lurie say they feel like theyre very close from making a serious super bowl run. Ducis thank you. Now we turn to breaking news thats happening. This here as we see chopper 6 hd over the scene. Its an accident along route 422 in lower pottsgrove. The westbound traffic has snarled because of this. Chopper 6 giving us these pictures from overhead as we take a look of this scene which is at the Armand Hammer interchange. Fire officials as you can see there on your screen. They tell us the accident involve an overturned truck resulting that all westbound lanes are now being shut down. This is actually the ramp to four to 422 again over lower pottsgrove. As we take a look from chopper 6 hd you can see what fire officials are dealing with there. This all began about 3 50. No word on what caused the truck to overturn. Of course, as we get more information, well bring it to you. So far no one has been transported from the scene. All right speaking of traffic lets get more on our action news traffic report on that and elsewhere with matt pelman. Matt is in the traffic center. Hey, matt. Were needing to get creative to get around these problems like the 422 situation claw closing all the westbound lanes between Armand Hammer boulevard and 724. They just started letting the left lane by but the right lane and onramp remain blocked because of that overturned trash truck that caught fire. What a mess and speeds are also still a mess, just 7 Miles Per Hour as you come west of limerick. So id stay local on ridge pike and high street or down on 724 as alternates. Meanwhile out to delco were here on the blue route 476 northbound between broomall and villanova. Still have this crash taking out the right lane. Just the two left lanes squeezing by. And were looking at a major backlog. If you come north of the route 1 media bypass through this point in fact look at the parked traffic here close to broomall. Not moving whatsoever. Again, alternates to the blue route always include 320 or 252. Theyre going to be a much better bet than this mess on the northbound side of 476. Meanwhile in glenolden route 13 chester pike remains closed because of the crash that resulted in a fire near gardener avenue by the nail salon. I want to stay up on Baltimore Pike or macdade boulevard to get around that. Other situations were watching too monica and sharrie. Well keep doing that in the next half hour. Thank you matt. Much more to come on action news tonight the den toll has climbed from that ferry disaster near italy. The very latest on the rescue operation coming up. Cecily. We hit a mild high of 48 degrees today but im tracking much colder air moving in as we head towards the new year. Ill have all the details coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Sharrie. If your new years resolution is to lose weight reporter and registered nurse ali gorman will explain how cutting back on sugar could be your solution. Those stories and more when action news at 5 00 comes right back. The Italian Coast Guard raised the death toll to 10 after two more bodies were recovered. Helicopter rescuers evacuated hundreds of people trapped on board a ferry that caught fire off albania yesterday. The massive blaze brock out on the ships car deck just before dawn. Survivors say there was confusion and chaos in the moments right after the fire started. It was no alarm no communication, nobody to tell us what to do. High to look for myself to find the life jacket. I had to put it on my kids by myself. Nobody was there to okay, it was a panic. It was crazy. 427 people including 56 crew members have been rescued from that ferry. Italian Authorities Say two boats will remain in the adriatic sea to continue searching for folks who may still be missing. Turning to health check now the flu continues to spread. The cdc announced it has now officially reached the epidemic level. Health reporter registered nurse ali gorman at the big board with more on that. You can see some of the cdc map. All the states in our area pennsylvania delaware and now new jersey have widespread activity. Nationally were at the level where the number of cases has hit the epidemic threshold we dont hit this level every year but we do most years and doctors expect this year to be especially bad. The predominant strain going around tends to cause a lot of illness and it has mutated or changed. So the vaccine does not protect against all cases of this strain. The flu shot is still recommended because it will protect you against other strains but its also vital to make sure that you and your familiar are washing your hands frequently and of course stay away from others who are sick. Officials in scotland say they have a confirmed case of ebola. The patient is a Healthcare Worker who returned from west africa. He is in isolation. Meanwhile in the u. S. The fda approved another wrapped ebola test for emergency use. It works by detecting the dna of the virus in about three hours. It will help identify patients faster so that they can be isolated and treated earlier. And it is almost new years which means many people are thinking about resolutions. Of course one of the most popular res looks center city to lose weight or to eat healthier. And one of the best tricks to help you do this is tracking what you eat either write it down or use an app like my fitness pal to track your calories fat, protein and sugar. Cutting down on sugar is one sure fire way to lose weight. Adding in a goal to eliminate sugar even if its for the next 20 days will actually help to change your taste buds so that you dont want sweet and if you can eliminate sugar then are you well on your way to eliminating other Unhealthy Foods and focusing more on fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and healthy fats. How about because we get used to sugar if youre trying cut it out its best to do it gradually taking it out and then adding in healthier foods. That way your body gets used to it slowly having less sugar and you wont crave it like you will if you try to go cold turkey. Sharrie and monica. Much easier said than done. I know. Weighing everywhere thats the hard part. Ali thank you. Still to come on action news tonight netflix wants to help you put your can kids to bed early on new years eve. Well tell you how coming up. vo at jennieo, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. We thought wed show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennieo ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. mom id feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. woman i think that theyre light and theyre just fresh tasting. vo its time for a better taco. kid the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. vo make the switch. Look for jennieo ground turkey at a store near you. A growing burger chain is hoping to shake things up on wall street. Shake shack filed for an initial Public Offering or ipo with a goal of raising as much as a hundred million bucks. The chain has not said how many shares it plans to offer but for what price but the Company Started at a hot dog stand at a new york city park back in 2001. There are now 63 restaurants around the world including philadelphia of course. Many people got a new gadget for the holidays but they still dont quite know how to use them that would include me. If this is you look no further than the free library of philadelphia for some help. Every day this week except thursday expert trained librarians and Digital Resource specialists are there to help guide you through your new gadget. E books tablets digital cameras, cell phones, and were really trying to help anybody that has a question or is having trouble with their new device, come in and get some help. The tech experts are there until six can clock tonight and tomorrow from 3 00 to 6 00 wednesday from 12 00 to 3 00 in the afternoon and then again friday from 3 00 to 6 00 p. M. And while youre there of course, you can get a free library card. Well netflix is helping parents put their kids to bed earl on new years eve. The streaming Video Service is offering an on demand countdown on new years eve that features an animated contact templet it lasts about three minutes and parents can start it any time to give their child the feeling or illusion that they stayed up until midnight. How cool is that. If you are old enough to really stay up for the real countdown be sure to tune into 6abc for dick clarks new years rocking eve with ryan seacrest. It starts at 8 oclock right here on 6abc. Time now for the accuweather forecast. Meteorologist cecily tynan at the action news big board and going to get cooler as the week goes on, right. It certainly is right as we head towards the new year. Today, though, it was mild but it was a pretty nice day. Clarence tweeted this to me on my twitter account skies over wilmington delaware seeing some blue skies. Sun now sets at 4 44, our days are getting a little bit longer now that weve passed the winter solstice. We did cool off today. The week temperatures were in the 50s. Today we cooled down to 48 degrees but still thats 7 degrees above normal so not quite as warm as the weekend but still relatively mild and felt pretty good with light winds and the sunshine, especially north of philadelphia, more clouds were stuck to the south. Currently in philadelphia its 43 degrees millville 37. Wilmington 42. Allentown 37. And reading currently 39 degrees. Satellite6 along with action radar showing the cold front that slipped through yesterday that brought us some of that light rain. Thats now stalled down to the south so youll notice that south of philadelphia we saw a lot of clouds, more sunshine to the north and i think thats still the way our day will start off tomorrow but we will sea bright anyone skies as we head through the day. Temperatures will begin to cool off as we get this very large area of High Pressure thats moving down if canada and this is creating some cold conditions bismarck north dakota its 2 Degrees International falls its 3 degrees below zero but this cold air will take its time getting to the east coast and by the time it does, it will be modified. So it wont be quite that brutal but temperatures will be dropping below normal. Future tracker showing tomorrow afternoon philadelphia right around 39 degrees so cooler than today. That air mass, that colder air mass tries to get a little bit closer to us by new years eve. Wednesday at 2 oclock 34 degrees. It will be breezy, though, so wind chills in the afternoon will be stuck in the 20s. So, you do want to bundle up as youre heading out for new years eve. Call from accuweather for tonight, stars to the north of philadelphia, more clouds to the south. It will be seasonably chilly. 31 degrees in philadelphia, cape may 34 and reading 27 degrees. The five day at 5 00 shows tomorrow cooler than today with a mix of clouds and sunshine a high of 40 degrees so seasonable. On wednesday the high 34 degrees but well have winds eight to 16 Miles Per Hour, so wind chills will be in the low 20s. The wind chill around 20 degrees as you ring in the new year and then thursday, new years day for the mummers parade 38 degrees. Again wind chills in the 20s but this is the brief shot of cold air. By friday, increasing clouds as milder air moves in, 42 degrees. Saturday mostly cloudy, 44 degrees. Some moisture will be moving in on saturday night. Could cause some problems in parts of our region. Ill talk more about that coming up in the full accuweather 7day forecast. Sounds good. Thank you cecily. Much more ahead in our next hour of action news at 5 00 detectives release new details in that deadly Apartment Fire in delaware. Why a criminal investigation may now