Condition. A man spoke to action news earlier this morning built moment he learned his about the moment he learned his house was on fire. All my kids running away fire, fire, the fire supposed to started in the basement. We dont know how. We lost everything. Reporter and that man told us his wife and children were taken to the hospital. Firefighters say four excuse me, fire Officials Say four children and one adult were treated for smoke inhalation and released. Two firefighters have died here while trying to rescue a family giving the ultimate sacrifice this morning in wilmington. Live in wilmington, delaware, jeff chirico channel 6 action news. An awful morning there, jeff. Thank you. Also in wilmington, two people are seriously hurt after a fire truck collided with a minivan this is the scene at the intersection of 8 the and adams street. Firefighters were responding to another call not that deadly fire when the accident happened. Two in the minivan suffered serious, but not life th
The virginias and the carolinas. Thats where all the cloud cover stays this afternoon and High Pressure in control. Bright, sunny skies, the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, get out and enjoy it, sunny skies, pleasant, 73 degrees is the forecasted high. Yesterday we were below average, today well be below average for the first time in a couple of months where we have backtoback days with below average high temperatures. Coming up in just a few minutes, ill have the eagles forecast for you. Even colder temperatures arrive tonight. This morning the numbers were chilly. Colder tonight, were tracking showers monday night into tuesday, ill have the details in the seven day in just a few. Thank you. The Fire Marshals Office is at the scene of the deadly row home fire in wilmington. Investigators trying to determine what sparked the blaze that claimed the lives of two firefighters and left two others hospitalized. The Wilmington Fire Department this morning is still trying to come to
Today. Now a look at the fire itself, as the flames shot through the roof of the home, a row home here, four children and one adult were initially trapped inside, they did get out alive, but as the fire raged part of the home gave way collapsing here, wilmington firefighters had to call for help. Neighboring Fire Departments did what they are trained to do, they rush into help their brothers and sisters in what was emerging as a dire situation, we do not know the identity of the dead firefighter, which department the firefighter is from, wilmington, elsmere or claymont or one of the others that arrived on the scene to deal with the situation. As you can guess and as you might imagine firefighters were stunned looking at the tragic scene, one firefighter dead and two fellow firefighters injured. In the meantime we turn to our weather conditions and a live look outside from sky6 live hd. Cooler temperatures moving into the Delaware Valley as we speak, chris sowers look at the changes tha
Election 42 days away. Stephanie ramos is at hofstra new york where the debate takes place tonight. Reporter tens of millions of americans are expected to watch tonights first president ial debate with Hillary Clinton and donald trump laying out their differences for voters in their final stretch to election day. Its showtime, Hillary Clinton and donald trump facing off for the first one on one debate in new york. Home turf for both of them. They say she has been practicing for the debate. Some people think she is sleeping. Reporter you got to be prepared for like whacky stuff that comes at you, im drawing on my experience in elementary school. [laughter]. We got a look at workers put the final touches on the stage at hoff Hofstra University on long island. The audience is instructed not to boo or cheer. Both candidates trying to approve why they should lead the nation. Im excited to see what the candidates bring. I think the first debate will solidify how im feeling. Reporter how have
Right. [laughter] reporter its possible he could be traded. Its possible. Reporter we are off to a decent start down in the southern delmarva, its south of dover, its trying to push north and hold its position. For now, looks like light to moderate rain in southern delaware and southern south jersey, cloudy skies and maybe a sunny break in neighborhoods early today. But overall were looking at a fairly cloud one. 51 in philadelphia. 48 in allentown, 52 in Sea Isle City a bit of a breeze out of the northeast that will keep us on the cool side today. If youre heading out to the bus stop, were moving from 47 to 51 degrees, lots of clouds out there, but on the cool side. On your Storm Tracker 6 live app were looking at 51 currently noon, 60. And 3 00 p. M. , 62 and todays high, 63 that will be late in the day probably around 4 and 5 00 p. M. , before we slide back to 61 by 6 00 p. M. As you look at the pollen count looks like were in the moderate to high range today well go medium high and