Mentioned so many people are at work and school and this area is closed off and likely to be that way for much of the afternoon what would you advise the people that are not home and have been evacuated is it just a waiting game to be patient until they are allowed and given the all clear to return to their neighborhoods. It is a waiting game, the gas company will get the main shut off, if any of the evacuates people need a place to go contact the township well take care of them. Anyone else in the surrounding areas, be aware of the smell of gas if you smell gas please report it to us if you smell gas in your home open the windows and leave and call us. I was going ask you, was there a location where the neighbors that were evacuated were brought to or any type of place where they can go a school or somewhere to wait it out. Or are they on their own until they are ready to return to this area . Well, of course we are offering the opportunity for everybody to come to an evacuation shelter, the Municipal Building one of our Community Centers and as of now nobody has taken us up on that, but the opportunity is there if they need it. But most people have seemed to gone to family and friends. Mayor we have a range of people that are injured from a number of officials can you pinpoint that at this point. How many people were injured in this explosion. The best number i received is five, and two of them serious, they were medevaced to the Atlantic CityTrauma Center and the rest are being treated in a local hospital. Mayor thank you for joining us on the phone and giving us an update. We are continuing to follow this story on air and online, and people are evacuated and waiting for the all clear to return home but only after they determine the area is safe. Action News ReporterNora Muchanic is now live on the scene, what can you tell us. Reporter of course the situation is still unfolding as you heard the mayor say they are trying to contain the leak at this point look over here, this is one of the many road blocks in this area, this is route 9 and newell avenue they are diverting traffic here on route 9, this is a major artery here in this area, there is an ambulance heading down this way think you heard the mayor say five injuries we know of and one is reported to be critical earlier in the day we dont know where this ambulance is headed at this point. But it is headed down toward the scene, if you look down to this area, this is route 9 a quarter mile away, that is where oak avenue is right off of route 9 and that is where the problem is, that is the stafford cedar run section. A residential area. As we look at these pictures from dhopwe know that the new Jersey Natural Gas crews were called to the scene to locate a leak. It was First Responders and gas crews nearby when the house exploded. Five people as we know so far believed to have been all gas employees according to the gas company were injured at least one critically we were told that people were doing cpr on one of the victims at the scene and they were all taken to the Atlantic City medical senter you can see the level of devastation involved. This home was leveled and it looks like a pile of pickup sticks. There is still smoke in the area still fed by gas as crews try to shut off the gas lines in the area there is still smoke we can see. The house that was was a brown house that is now destroyed. Crews evacuated the area before the blast we understand there are 75 to 100 homes that are now evacuated as a precaution and some people went to work and others are Walking Around the neighborhood. But the mayor told us that the township Municipal Building is available if anybody needs help. That is the latest from the scene here, im Nora Muchanic reporting live on the action news cam back to you. Nora thank you. We are also following developing news right now police in delaware are looking for Michael Trotta accused of kidnapping his 3yearold daughter Officials Say that the man assaulted his daughters mother at a home in newcastle and then took off with the child, about 90 minutes ago the mother of the little girl spoke to the media pleading for her daughters return. My heart is broken and im beg can anybody that knows where she is or him or whoever is helping him please bring her home. Michael trotta is 58 150 pounds balding with a scruffy beard and mustache last scene in all black clothing and his daughter, 3yearold elinor has shoulder length brown hair and was wearing a purple puffy coat and pink pants and sneakers decorated with the characters from frozen. He is considered armed and dangerous, if you have information call police immediately. In other news at 12 30 a drivers mistake landed her car on top of other vehicles in ardmore. Police say that the driver hit the gas instead of the brake and vaulted her car into the air, vernon odom is live at the scene with more on this story. Reporter there was the potential for serious injury in ardmore, but fortunately that did not happen. The driver of that run away vehicle remains hospitalized at this hour. At 9 50 this jeep went out of control coming out a lancaster car wash and jumped the guardrail in ardmore accura landing on three cars, an accura employee saw it all unfold. Saw her accelerating at an irate speed no stopping i immediately called 911. She jumped the fence . Yes. Firefighter his to take the front passenger door off to get the female driver out of the jeep she was injured and take and to the penn presbyterian Trauma Center. The female was driving the car and lost control and the car was in midair our crews came in and did a great job stabilizing the car and then cut the door off and remove her meticulously. Reporter the driver of the jeep is listed in stable condition at this hour Lower Merion Police are investigating, just moments ago i learn that one car was brand new and was set for delivery sometime this week. Live in Ardmore Vernon Odom channel 6 action news. Thank you. Philadelphia firefighters are still pouring water on to a burned out building in kensington much of it turned to ice on the 2300 block of front street flames decimated two stores before firefighters got a handle on it. The water froze quickly and many fire hydrants in the area were frozen solid as well. The frank ford line and others were effected this morning. This fire is ruled under control. There is much more ahead on action news at 12 30 including a commuter train in southern california, what Officials Say the train hit sending four cars off the tracks and dozens to the hospital plus you did not have to follow my wife home and murder her. A man traces what happened on that deadly day. And a massive house explosion in stafford township new jersey updates throughout this newscast and as always at 6abc. Com. A semi truck driver hits a patch of ice south of dallas here in texas causing him to clues control and his truck ends up dangling over an overpass. In southern california, morning commuters got a different kind of scare at least 30 people were hurt within a commuter train hit a semi truck and four cars derailed and the truck caught fire. Reporter Officials Say that the collision between a commuter train and truck was just before 6 00 a. M. In the city of oxnard in los angeles. It left 30 people injured and derailed the train and sent three of the cars on to their sides. Rescue crews rushed to get to trapped passengers. Some were taken to nearby hospitals. There were no fatalities. The train started in the coastal city of ventura and was headed to downtown los angeles. The stretch is at a marked incorporation section why the truck was on the tracks was unclear the truck driver fled the scene after the accident but was arrested a short time later. The entire system was shut down and amtrak also halted trains. Disruptions will continue for a while, we are not talking about hours but this is the potential for a couple of days, because they will not disturb this investigation site. The husband of a los angeles mother of four shot and killed in what police initially called a road rage incident is talking about his wifes final moments, bob myers admits this was not a road rage murder his wife noticed something was amiss when he cut her off and got out and threatened her. That is when she took her daughter home from Driver Training and she got her son who got a gun and they found the suspect erich nowsch and myers and her son did not shoot and were not shot at the time. 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Stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry as we take a look at sky 6 hd live from the airport, there is plenty of blue sky and you can see high thin cloud in the distance and as we go through the afternoon youll see a little more of that coming through. Its later on tonight when the clouds get thicker, as we look outside we have some temperatures, lets start with the lows, we have a lot of asterisks, those are the new records, 15 below in mt. Pocono and 18 below in allentown and that shatters the old record by 12 degrees, wow. And 6 degrees ties the old record in delaware and philadelphia missed the record by 5 degrees, nobody was telling much which a difference. 21 is your current temperature, we have improved but its still pretty cold. Fortunately the winds are calm and the worst winds are 5 to 7 Miles Per Hour. And a 3 Miles Per Hour wind in millville. For now we are seeing the winds sort of wrapping down around that from the east, later on today and tonight we turned winds around from the south and that keeps us from the record lows we have this overnight. You also see the clouds we see them in the distance on sky 6 hd and pronounced in pittsburgh and through afternoon and tonight the clouds continue to get thicker 18 degrees in allentown and 24 in wilmington and milder down in care may and Atlantic City. A little bit of a breeze possible but cold. As we look at where numbers are going the rest of the way, they are not going far, 24 is the high at 3 00 and 23 by 5 00, and the rest of the evening the temperatures are kind of settling in the low 20s, going down to 19 as a low, after dark the numbers try to drop the southerly flow brings in milder air. As we take a look to the west we do have milder air ahead of that cold front in the central part of the country helping to scoop up milder air well also get that flow out of the south and instead of the 20s well be in the 30s, behind the front back into the 20s for a couple of days, the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, still cold with a high of 24 degrees, clouds and sun tomorrow and 35 and dont be surprised to see a flurry through the day and maybe somebody gets a small spotty snow shower and thursday and friday back into the 20s and flurry possible on friday and a possible snow shower not a big deal, and saturday sunshine comes roaring back and we got up to 31 degrees for a high but the real bonus is sunday well say goodbye to a cold week and get a nice rebound, it looks like it stays dry as we get rain into monday morning, maybe wet rain or snow mixed in. But we think its mainly rain coming. You know its bad when 35 sounds good. I know right. Thanks david. 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Com an update now on breaking news from ocean county new jersey, a massive gas explosion leveled a Single Family home in the unit block of oak avenue in stafford township. At least five people were injured and all are employees of new Jersey Natural Gas and they are all transported to the hospital and their condition is not yet known. There is a large Evacuation Order in place from route 9 to perkins lane these are homes surrounding the house that was leveled. These two are damaged. This is a story we are following through the afternoon on air and online at 6abc. Com. Coming up tonight on prime time, its fresh off the boat, 8 30, repeat after me and marvels agent carter and then forever if you are looking for distraction. Many of us are getting tired of shoveling snow. One youtube user shows maybe you can get your dog to do it for you and a blind man can see his wife for the first time in ten years and meet nutela the tea cup poodle that loves to dance. That is all at 6abc. Com distraction. Lots of sun out there but the temperatures not treating us kindly, northern and western suburbs in the teens. Mid20s around the i95 corridor and down the shore upper 20s, not much wind but cold. Finally this afternoon, a South Carolina town is taking matters in their own hands when it comes to the cold last week Police Arrested elsa for turning the towns fountain to ice. This thawed before her court date so she was released for lack of evidence. Health reporter ali gorman sorted out the best options if you have to grab something quick. If you are trying to eat healthy, obviously a vending machine shouldnt be your first choice but if you get stuck and need a snack ill show you the best and absolute worst. With a vending machine you done even have the opportunity to look at a label you are putting 50 on black hoping this is healthy. Its dining detours, vending machine edition. Starting on action news at 5 00. There were cool ranch doritos in there. And swedish fish. Dont forget to join us for action news at 4 00 5 00 and 6 00. Have a safe afternoon. Well see you here today at 4 00. Announcer today on the chew, your family will never go hungry on weeknights again with the chews freezable favorites. And clinton and carla are teaming up with two chewers to bring you a succulent dumpling dinner and an icebox pie for dessert. Plus, michaels giving one viewer a handson lesson behind one of the most universally loved makeaheads. And its the one food truck youll be really happy to see on a snow day. It is awesome. The maple syrup kind of is the kicker. Announcer it all starts right now on the chew. [ cheers and applause ] good afternoon and welcome to the chew. You know my prediction for 2015, cold is the new hot