you. live in lower salford township matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> nbc 10's jesse gary just arrived at a house fire in philadelphia. firefighters are searching for occupants of the home. what do you know? >> reporter: i just talked to firefighters. they say everyone is out of the home. they believe one of them may have been vacant. just within the past five or ten minutes able to tap out the flames on the home on the left. you can see the ladder crew to the left side of the screen. two firefighters on the ladder with a hose spraying the roof area of the home because the fire started on the first floor and went up to the second floor and then into the roof and then jumped to the neighboring home. these are both duplexes so jumped to the neighboring duplex to the right of the screen and now they are checking the back porch of that home because there was smoke inside. you can see a firefighter up on the second floor. the word from the fire department right now, no injuries and there was no one inside the homes at the time of this fire. we'll try to get more information and join you again

will begin with nbc 10's matt delucia live in middletown township delaware county. matt plenty of damage out there, especially when it comes to downed trees. >> a lot of downed trees out here rosemary. we saw plenty of them. we had to turn around quite a few times because roads are blocked as a result. i'll step out of the way and give you a look. this is baltimore pike at valley road. big telltale sign of the damage at this point are the traffic lights that are out. we've seen plenty of these. traffic lights are out and streetlights are out as well. of course when we drive up and down these secondary streets we see a lot of the homes have generators running. i just got off the phone with a dispatch at delaware confy. they tell me they're pretty much winding down operations for the night on their end. they are leaving everything now to the municipalities and peco. we have a lot of power outages in this area and throughout the region as a result of what happened last night. take a look at video we shot earlier this morning where you can see some of the damage that was caused by thi

two dozen people to leave their homes. "nbc 10's" matt delucia is live in chester. he's been working the story. matt, you said the mayor of chester has said he's had enough. what's being done now? >> that's right. that's right chris. neighbors here also think this is no coincidence. now some of them are worried. right over there there is a presence. they've been out here 24/7 and this is gradually burning down. >> there's something going on if there's three fires. >> reporter: neighbor ann stevens isn't the only one thinking that as she watched the home on 400 bickley place. another day, another fire. >> you feel something crooked is going on. how can you have three fires in one week? one week? this is a travesty. they're tearing our neighborhood to shreds. >> santiago garcia is living in this area. my mother is 76 years old. i couldn't believe it. again? this is ridiculous man. >> the first fire happened saturday, then again on monday. starting at one end of the row and now the other. the homes appear to be under renovation. john lind ner is concerned for people living here and orde

matt delucia is live on the scene. matt this swaying has not been the easiest for firefighters. somewhat unusual. explain this. >> reporter: yes, tracy, firefighters do have this fire under control but this has been a complicated one. i'll get out of the way, you can see the fire scene out here. we've seen -- we may be able to see the flashlight. it does appear that theh @r(t&háhp &hc looking to see if there was anyone inside at the time it went up in flames. it's been very difficult, as i mentioned, you can see through the doors and windows, they were boarded up there's debris in there from particular to ceiling, wall to wall. a tough scene out here for firefighters firefighters. take a look at video. it started around 1:00 this morning. a lot of flames and smoke out here shooting through the roof. the firefighters had a lot of work ahead of them. the fire is under control. they have this mostly out. the ladder truck is still out here. they're still trying to put water on the hot spots as we see flare-ups every now and then. we haven't really seen any flames in the past 45 m

force 10, matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >>> thank you for that. as more wet weather moves around you can count on the "nbc 10 news" app for the latest forecast and road conditions. you can check first alert radar's drive for work before you leave. >>> 5:03. a lehigh county jury has found the son of allentown's police chief not guilty of pointing a gun at detectives. >>> 23-year-old christopher fitzgerald is the son of joel fitzgerald. he pointed a gun at two undercover detectives following alleged road rage incident. jurors deliberated for 5 hours before acquitting christopher last night. >>> 5:03 now. 53 degrees. lawmakers are calling amtrak officials to capitol hill today for a hearing on last month's deadly train derailment in philadelphia. one of the goals of this hearing is to find out the status of the investigation and determine what safety changes can be made. preliminary reports by the national transportation safety board revealed that the train was traveling over 100 miles per hour when it derailed on may 12th. the speed restriction in that curve, by the way, is 50 miles per ho

the real world is waiting. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in center city with an outlook on the job market for recent grads. matt it's been a tough couple years for college graduates right? >> that's right, rosemary. the good news is that the job market is slightly better than it was at the start of the year. the problem is some of those fresh into the job market rrnt as ready as they could be. >> i base it on what we see with employers coming to our campus. >> la salle university career counselor lou lamorte has issued thousands into the job market. some in the class of 2015 have jobs lined up while others don't. but he is optimistic. >> we say about a 10% or 15% increase over the fall and probably about a 30% increase over the last spring's job fair. that tells me that employers are looking for college grads. >> reporter: the unemployment rate overall was 5.5% but for 18 to 29-year-olds it was higher at 1. 1.9%. >> pharmaceutical companies are having a bit of a tough time these days. it's knowing what are the markets in this area what are some of the -- who are the players in diff

delmarva customers are still in the dark. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in gibbstown, gloucester county. matt what is the situation like there at this hour? >> well denise a lot of customers out here still do not have power. we're on one of the streets that does have power. we have the streetlights and some of the homes have their porch lights on. there's a whole lot of damage behind me here. this join the tree was uprooted as a result of that storm. you can see how big this tree is. it's now laying in the street. they've got the cones up out here. it's very difficult for a vehicle to get around here but as we get closer to the edge of the branches over here you can see what is under this tree, a car, crushed under the weight of this tree. a lot of folks still having to do cleanup, now going into day three of that cleanup effort. of course still a lot of people have no power at this hour. atlantic city electric is telling us they're going to hopefully have most of their customers up and running by midday tomorrow. hopefully all of their customers by sunday. pse&g, we're talked with them