"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 ordered an arou

live in bala cynwyd matt delucia nbc 10 news. >>> 74 degrees out. at 5:17 this tuesday morning, there's new information this morning in the growing controversy over confederate flags in the south. >> that's right. a mississippi lawmaker now says that his state should consider taking the confederate symbol off of the state flag. overnight, mississippi house speaker phillip dunn released a statement calling for the confederate symbol to be removed. several southern states incorporate some confederate symbolism in their flags. only mississippi includes the confederate battle standard. the dispute has gained national attention lately after pictures of the charleston church gunman with the flag became public. since then south carolina governor nikki haley publicly call for the removal of the confederate flag from the state's capitol grounds. the flag has long been a symbol of controversy and has been moved several times before. >> the fact that it causes pain to so many is enough to move it from the capitol grounds. it is after all, a capitol that belong

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 in 10 to

nbc 10's 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

for now i'm live in storm 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 t

live in middletown township delaware county matt delucia nbc 10 news. >> thank you, matt. >>> you saw matt's camera and the downed trees. i think the bigger impact may be mass transit. >> especially when it comes to patco. jessica boyington is keeping an eye on that for us this morning. yes updates, jessica? >> we have problems all over the place. when you wake up this morning, do not think you're not going to be affected by this whether you take mass transit or you're in new jersey or pennsylvania. septa suspended in several different areas. fox chase suspend. paoli/thorndale suspended. out for the rest of mass transit, new jersey transit, suspended from ac to philly and patco is suspended due to that power outage. out in new jersey, we're dealing with a ton of problems all across the board. a downed utility pole in little egg harbor township route 9 in both directions. that's completely blocked around dock street. don't think it's not going to affect you this morning. we're dealing with problems down to off ramps being closed. there's one in swedesboro on 295 northbound at center sq

live at northwest detectives i'm matt delucia nbc 10 nauz. >>> 5:06 it's 47 degrees. delaware county police are looking for a fourth suspect in a home invasion and robbery. several men forced their way into the home in marble township yesterday afternoon. they pistol whipped a 17-year-old boy before taking jewelry and as much as $30,000 in cash. officers caught three of the men a short time later. they believe this robbery may be connected to other robberies. in our next half-hour were we'll break down the possibility connection and the search for the lone suspect. >>> this morning in chester county investigators are still looking for the cause of the three-alarm apartment fire. crews responded to the fire on north church street in westchester around 9:30 last night. the red cross is helping people who have no place to live because of the fire. >>> new this morning, al qaeda confirms that a u.s. strike killed the terror organization's number two in charge the leader of its affiliate in yemen. they released a video statement this morning confirming the death of that si

nbc 10's matt delucia is live at einstein medical center where the woman is being treated along with the second victim who is believed to be the father. you learned there are witnesses to the shooting what more can you tell us? >> vai, detectives have been talking with witnesses these past several hours, trying to get better leads on who may have done this and why. this happened just after 10:00 last night on the 7300 block of thuron avenue, that's west oak lane. police arrived to find a man on the sidewalk, shot in both legs. they then saw a woman in a small suv. she was shot in the back. her unborn child did not survive. police are hoping that witnesses can point them in the right direction. >> the witnesses not only heard four or five shots, they heard some sort of argument prior to the schatz being fired. we're not sure at this time what the motive is. it's an investigation in progress. >> and the man we're told is stable here at einstein. the woman is critical. police are telling us the only description at this point of those suspects that they're looking for, possibly two men w