Alert weather day because of the dangerous heat. The humidity will make temperatures feel like they are in the triple digits. Its going to be a scorcher. Good morning, this is nbc10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its just after 9 00 on this sunday. Michelle grossman is tracking the unfortunately uncomfortable conditions as we wrap up the weekend. You have that right. I walked out at 2 00 a. M. It was already warm and very sticky. Well only increase it through the afternoon. Dangerous levels by later today. Thats why we have the first alert weather day. One of the places to be camel beach. Cool off in the pool. Looking at temperatures warm this afternoon. 87 in the poconos. Everywhere else, 96. The beaches cooler with a sea breeze later on. We have an excessive heat warning in the pink including trenton, philadelphia wilmington. Well see temperatures soaring into the mid 90s. You add in humidity it will feel like 102, 107 in spots. The orange shading is a heat advisory. Thats where well feel over 100, as well. All of these begin at noon and last through monday evening. Right now up to 18 at 9 81 at 9 011. 77 in allentown. 79 in millville. A very warm 81 in wildwood new jersey. Today, balloon a hot one. You want to stay hydrated. Stay indoors if you can. If you have air conditioning, shade if you have to be outdoors. Noon, 92. Hot, humid. By 6 00, no relief 94. Hot and humid. Well continue that through monday. Then we improve things during the middle of the workweek. Vile more numbers in a few minutes ill have more numbers in a few minutes. Thanks. Because of the excessive heat warning, the Philadelphia Corporation for ageing is activating its heatline. A tape of trained staff will counsel call bers callers about how to stay safe. 2157659040. The line will be open from noon until midnight. Now the breaking news in south philadelphia where a threealarm fire forced residents from their row homes near broad and snyder avenue. A viewer sent in video that shows the flames pouring from the roof of the building that was under construction. The fire also spread to some nearby houses. Nbc10 was on the scene just after 3 30 this morning along the 2000 block of juniper street. Investigators are calling the overnight fire a possible case of arson. Nbc10s jesse gary is live in the neighborhood with details. Reporter update from the scene. Pgw is cutting into the street right now, cutting into snyder avenue. Theyre concerned about a possible gas leak. They have to cut into the pavement and check the lines. Electricity is still out affecting the row homes and also some of the surrounding businesses on a day when its going to be sweltering. Thats not necessarily good news. At the fire scene itself, the fire is out. Firefighters still dousing it with water. We talked to the propertys owner and the family. They say it was about to be completed in the next month to month and a half. Baffled why anybody would want to burn it down. Police have few clues in this case. 3 30 on a steamy summer morning. This south philadelphia construction site ignites in smoke and flames. Scary. Looked like the block was going to go up. Reporter fire Officials Say the call came in as a garbage fire at a mixed use property near juniper and snyder. Flames grew from one to three alarms with a definite possibility of spreading to neighboring row homes. Bear barry inlito saw two men. After he ran, the building boom. Huge explosion, debris and stuff everywhere. Reporter the flames forced evacuation of the 1300 block of snyder as an army of firefighters worked to keep the fire at boy. Four row homes were damaged, but it could have been worse. We wanted to save the properties. Finish we would have lost if not, we would have lost four homes. They have minor fire heat and smoke damage. Reporter Police Searching for clues to the identities of two persons of interest seen here before the blaze. Cameras mounted on the exterior of south Philadelphia High School could show what happened. 17 people have been told to leave. Some are with the red cross, some with family and friends because of the heat. Well update out teamwork check for a gas leak coming up in the next 30 minutes. Live in south philadelphia, nbc10 news. New from overnight, a Philadelphia Police officer is expected to be okay after his patrol car crashed right into a tree. The accident happened at 11th and ray streets in chinatown around 3 00 this morning. The officer went to the hospital with a nonlifethreatening injury. Were working to find out exactly what led up to the crash. Police are investigating whether alcohol played a part in this accident in the citys wissinoming neighborhood. Two cars collided at ticoni and van kirk around 1 30 this morning. A person was thrown from one of the vehicles and is in critical condition. A second person is being treated at the hospital. Theres no word on that persons condition. In the murder of a recent Drexel University graduate, nbc10 has learned that Philadelphia Police are questioning a person of interest. 27yearold Jasmine Wright was found strangled inside her West Philadelphia apartment on thursday. The person of Interest Police are questioning is a handyman who had access to the victims building. Police say inside wrights apartment there were no signs of a struggle or forced entry, and detective did not find the place ransacked. Investigators believe that wright either let her killer in or that person had a key. Her neighbors are now hoping for justice. Massive degree get herself together. 26 27 years old. And then its like when Somebody Just comes along and just snuffs a life out for no reason at all. And i just dont understand that. Reporter Jasmine Wright recently earned her masters in Public Health from drexel. We have new information this morning about these guntoting Home Invasion suspects. Philadelphia police say they have two of the four men in this video in custody. Authorities tell us men tried to break into a house in west mt. Airy earlier this week. The man inside the house opened his door slightly saw one of the men armed with a shotgun. He shut the door and the men ran off. Happening right now riders participating in the annual tour de shore bike ride are well into the 65mile journey. Riders started outside the irish pub at 20th and walnut in center city. They then headed over the ben franklin bridge. They are traveling through south jersey now and will finish out at the irish pubs original location on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Organizers tell us a record 2,300 participants are in this ride this year. Among them, folks are nbc10. We have a team led by reporter deanna durante. Proceeds go to various charities. Still ahead, horror on the highway. Four members of a bridal party are killed when their limo collides with a truck. Well tell you what police say caused the deadly crash coming up. Plus a plane makes an Emergency Landing at the jersey shore. It wasnt on the runway it was on the road. Youll hear from those who were on board that plane next. Iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. Welcome back. A first alert weather day because were tracking extreme heat especially this afternoon into the evening hours. Were warm into some the 80s in spots. Along boathouse road, nice to be along water if you can be along water. Its going to be scorching by this afternoon. Temperatures to the mid 90s. Right now, though 81 already in philadelphia. 80 in trenton. 77 in kent square. 80 in wrightstown. Up to 96 later today. Well talk more about the heat today. More heat on monday. Then relief on the way in a few minutes. Still ahead, summer rain helps extinguish the flames of a fire on the freeway in southern california. Not before scorching at least 20 cars and sending dozens of drivers running for their lives. Scary because we see the fire behind us. We try to run. This morning, families are checking tow yards for abandoned vehicles, and firefighters are dealing with another challenge. Well explain. Tradingin or selling your car truck or suv . Webuyanycar. Com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com new video from new york and a car accident that killed four members of a bachelorette party. The women were leaving a winery in a limousine yesterday. The limo driver was trying to make a uturn when a pickup truck slammed right into them. Two other impeachment who are inside that limo are seriously hurt. The driver of the truck ran from the scene but of caught and faces a charge of but was caught and faces a charge of driving while intock indicated. He remains intoxicated. He remains under police guard at the hospital. Police looking for a person of interest after five people were found dead inside of their house. Three of the victims were children. Neighbors were in shock as the oncequiet street in modesto turned into a crime scene yesterday afternoon. Police found the bodies after they got a call to check on the home. Authorities have not said how the five died but they are treating the deaths as homicide. This is the person of interest in the investigation. Hes 30yearold Martin Martinez and hes believed to be driving a 2000 red lincoln navigator. Today the church of a woman found hanged inside a texas jail cell will hold a prayer walk as authorities investigate the death. State police pulled over sandra bland during a traffic stopgap last week. They arrested her after she allegedly kicked a trooper. Her loved ones, though question that account. Friday, state police placed the trooper on leave for not following proper procedures during the stop. Lets head back to california where wildfire crews say a rare summer rainstorm actually helped their fight against a massive fire that torched cars on an interstate and sent drivers and people running. Right now the fire is 45 contained. Its burning 55 miles west of l. A. At least 20 cars are destroyed after the flames jumped on to the interstate friday. 11 structures and houses buildings burned. A number of firefighters say it could have been worse, though. Fire crews are not happy about the number of drones that are flying in the area. Thats one thing theyre dealing with because it makes their jobs more difficult. Two are lead planes, one underneath one flying over the top. Were talking about a situation where dozens of people could have been killed. The drones trying to pick up video for people interested in the fire. Again, Officials Say steer clear of it. Drought conditions are not making the fight any easier. Officials say another fire about 20 miles away flared up friday forcing hundreds to evacuate from their homes. Another hot one today. It was hot yesterday. Hot again today. Also humid. Its going to feel like 102, maybe 107 in spots. You want to prepare now. Well feel the heat later on this afternoon into the evening hours. Its already very warm though and humid. Weather headlines on your sunday excessive heat throughout the area today. Temperatures into the mid 90s. With humidity tell feel like 102 to 107 in spots. Thats hot. Excessive heat warning, the counties in pink. In the orange rks heat advisory feeling like over 100. These begin at noon. At least the advisory going into effect through 6 00 p. M. Monday. 81 in philadelphia warm already. Humidity levels high. Dew points are high. Feeling sticky outside. Temperatures mainly in the upper 70s to low 80s. 77 in allentown. 78 in lancaster. 81 in wilmington. And 81 in wildwood. As we look outside looking at temperatures. They are warm. A heat index, what it feels like already. Feels like 87 in philadelphia. 89 is what it feels like in dover. Numbers will only go up. Looking at the future index feeling like 100 by lunchtime feeling like 102 by dover. Keep this in mind, stay hydrated and in the shade. Wear light, loose clothing. Feeling like 100 in allentown and reading by 3 00. Future weather, lots of sunshine throughout the area. A mixture of sun and clouds. Cant rule out the chance of a shower a stray shower. It will be isolated. Most of us will not see showers but some might. Monday a repeat performance. Hot and humid again. Not quite as hot. Not quite as humid. Pretty close on monday. Watching for afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Some could be drenching once again. Tuesday, well lower the humidity in the afternoon. Things begin to change and begin to get a little better on tuesday. Not today. Hot and humid, isolated, late thunderstorms. 94 to 97. Well end up around 96. Winds out of the southwest at five to ten miles per hour. 95 on monday so another hot day. Humidity levels up on monday. Partly sunny watching a chance for an afternoon shower and thunderstorm especially south and east of philadelphia. Tuesday, thats our changing day. Chance of storms, 90 degrees. The dew point finally lowering later on tuesday. Thats that sets us up for a nice wednesday. Breezy, low humidity. Temperatures near normal 87. Looking great thursday, friday, saturday. Sun and clouds, 87. Time to check in with this weeks wednesdays child. Shes a young woman with a very bright future. And shes yearning for something many of us take for granted. The love and support of a family. Nbc10s vai sikahema introduces us to sanaya. Reporter turn yourself around reporter sanaya is a bright and thoughtful young woman with a kind and caring personality mixed with just a streak of adventure. We headed to tree ventures to take on the ropes course. How you doing, sanaya . This is a little bit scary. Reporter she had fun tackling each section and pushing herself. Did you feel like you surprised yourself on the ropes course . Yeah. Reporter yeah . I thought i would be really scared because, you know the bouncing. Reporter the balance. Yeah. Reporter the 20yearold is in her second year in college and on the road to adulthood. She shared her views on why she would like to have a forever family. For me i dont legally belong to anyone but the state. Its like if i dont belong to anyone how do i exist. Theres a part of me that wants that connection where you feel like this is where i belong these are the people i belong to. Reporter whether questioned about why at her age she still is searching for parents youre an adult, you seem fine. Why do you need parents. Thats always something that comes up. Who doesnt need parents . Reporter she has a lot of love to give and knows what a forever family would mean to her. Feel like im doing okay for my situation. But i think i would feel like 1,000 times better if i had parents because there are so many things you sort of need guidance sometimes. Reporter cheese. Sanaya is this weeks wednesdays child. To help make her dream come true or the dream of any wednesdays child sponsored by the Dave Thomas Foundation go to nbc. Com and search wednesdays child or call 1866doadopt. Ahead, a warning for folks in Cumberland County looking to cool off today. Swimming is off limits at one popular spot after the death of a little boy. Well tell you about the danger of taking a dip in creeks and rivers all over the area. People of the coffee drinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter. Put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. We have a quick update on the fire weve been following in south philadelphia. Flames are out. Crews managing hot spots. Anybody with their cars parked on snyder between broad and 13th in the vicinities of the fire, youre going to have to move your cars immediately. Thats because pgw crews are on the scene there investigating a gas leak. A possible gas leak. So again if you have a car or know somebody who parks in that area on snyder between broad and 13th, you will be towed unless you move your cars immediately. Well continue to follow this and keep you posted throughout the newscast. Lets head to Cumberland County where there is a warning for folks trying to cool off today. Part of the Maurice River in millville is off limit. Thats because this is where 4yearold eli cheney drowned last weekend. Last night friends and family returned to the area to light candles in elis memori. In addition to remembering the boy, they wanted to bring awareness to the potential danger of swimming in the river. His heart was so big. I loved him. Maybe we need to look at that and put a barrier around it to protect other children from harms way in the near future. There is no lifeguard here like many other popular creeks and rivers across our area. Swimming is off limit. The time is 9 26. Already 80 degrees on this sunday. When we come back on nbc10 news today, well have more on that top story out of south philadelphia. A fire. Nbc10s jesse gary tells us police are investigating it as a possible case of arson. Jesse . Reporter thats right. Theyre looking for two persons of interest. But in the meantime possible gas leak out here right now. Well have the latest coming up. We start out the weekend very, very warm. Going to be hot once again today. A first alert weather day. Temperatures into the mid 90s by this afternoon. Iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. The guy with the hoodie come running out of the house. Two minutes later as he ran, the whole building boom. A huge explosion. Authorities are investigating a suspected case of arson in south philadelphia. The fire is under control. Now theres a new problem for neighbors in that area. Well explain in a live report. Plus another bombshell in the bill cosby sex assault controversy. The new, disturbing allegations involving the comedian coming up. Dangerous heat and humidity are in the forecast for today. The place to be if you can get there is the shore. Where you will get a little relief. Weve issued a first alert at nbc10 because much of our area will be under an excessive heat warning