One person died in a house fire at a West Philadelphia home.

The fire started at a home on the 5300 block of Race Street Tuesday night. Firefighters were able to place the flames under control.

One person was found dead inside the home. Officials have not yet released the victim’s identity.

The fire was one of two that occurred in West Philadelphia Tuesday night.

Another fire started on the 100 block of South 50th Street. Two people were injured during that fire and taken to the hospital. Officials have not yet revealed their conditions.

A South Jersey woman is grateful to be alive after she says a driver threatened her with a baseball bat and chased after her leading to her crashing her vehicle.

Tamika, who did not want to reveal her last name, told NBC10 she left her Mount Laurel, New Jersey home and was headed to work at Wawa the morning of February 16. She was driving on Ark Road when she encountered another driver.

“He was in front of me braking his brakes three or four times so I beeped my horn at him,” she said. “He did something in his rearview mirror which triggered me.”

Tamika said she returned the hand gesture. Then the man got out of his car and started waving a black baseball bat at her.

“I didn’t know if he was going to hit my windows or hit me," she said.

Tamika drove off and called 911. She says the man got back into his car and began following her.

“The lady on the phone with me was saying to be calm, stay calm,” Tamika said. “I wasn’t calm. I was scared this man was definitely chasing me and racing me in his car.”

Frightened, Tamika lost control of her red Impala and struck a tree. She said she doesn’t remember how fast she was driving but her car ended up split in half with the back end landing across the street and the front end landing about 50 yards from the place of impact. 

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“I wasn’t to the point that I blacked out,” she said. “I saw him look at me and kept on going.”

Tamika was airlifted to the Cooper Medical Center where she spent two days being treated for a concussion, broken heel and cuts to her head and face.

“I want to be able to drive but it’s going to definitely take a while,” she said while in tears.

Police say the suspect drove off. Police later obtained a surveillance photo of the man’s light grey or silver 4-door sedan. Investigators were not able to get the vehicle’s tag number but say the car has a noticeable softball size dent over the passenger side rear tire.

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They also released a sketch of the suspect.

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Tamika told NBC10 she doesn’t want revenge, only justice.

“You’re going to get yours period,” she said. “You doing what you did was wrong. I had angels watching me. Watching over me. I could honestly say that.”

If you have any information on the suspect or vehicle, please call Medford Police.

Bodycam footage was released Tuesday showing two Philadelphia police officers rescuing a man from a house fire last year. It turns out however that the man they rescued was the person responsible for the fire, according to investigators.

On March 29, 2017 at 5 p.m., Officers Eugene Donahue and Nicholas Harper responded to a radio call for a fire with people trapped inside on the 1900 block of North 17th Street. When they arrived they noticed heavy smoke coming from the second floor of the property which belonged to the Philadelphia Housing Authority and was occupied by people in wheelchairs.

Bodycam footage shows the two officers going into the property and finding a man, identified by police as Henry Flowers, 47, in the stairway of the second floor. The officers then carried Flowers to safety.

Flowers and the two officers all suffered smoke inhalation and were treated at Hahnemann Hospital. After further investigation, police determined that Flowers was the person who started the fire and he was later charged with arson.

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Woman Crashes After Road Rage Driver Threatens with Bat: A South Jersey woman is grateful to be alive after she says a driver threatened her with a baseball bat and chased after her leading to her crashing her vehicle. Tamika, who did not want to reveal her last name, told NBC10 she left her Mount Laurel, New Jersey home and was headed to work at Wawa the morning of February 16. She was driving on Ark Road when she encountered another driver. “He was in front of me braking his brakes three or four times so I beeped my horn at him,” she said. “He did something in his rearview mirror which triggered me.” Tamika said she returned the hand gesture. Then the man got out of his car and started waving a black baseball bat at her. Tamika drove off and called 911. She says the man got back into his car and began following her. Frightened, Tamika lost control of her red Impala and struck a tree. She said she doesn’t remember how fast she was driving but her car ended up split in half with the back end landing across the street and the front end landing about 50 yards from the place of impact.

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1 Dead in West Philly House Fire: One person died in a house fire at a West Philadelphia home. The fire started at a home on the 5300 block of Race Street Tuesday night. Firefighters were able to place the flames under control. One person was found dead inside the home. Officials have not yet released the victim’s identity. The fire was one of two that occurred in West Philadelphia Tuesday night. Another fire started on the 100 block of South 50th Street. Two people were injured during that fire and taken to the hospital. Officials have not yet revealed their conditions.

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Popular Del. Restaurant Closes Its Doors: A longtime restaurant in Delaware is closing its doors after 38 years. Nearby construction contributed to the Chesdel Restaurant's closure.

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Classes Resume Weeks After Florida Mass School Shooting: Two weeks to the day from when 17 people lost their lives in the deadliest school shooting in Florida history, classes will resume at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday. Students and teachers will be on a modified schedule for the remainder of the week, in class from 7:40 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. before returning to a full schedule on Monday. Teachers and staff spent Monday and Tuesday prepping for the return, while students and parents were on campus last Sunday for an orientation. Support services will be available throughout the week for students, staff and even parents who need help in dealing with the return to school and the tragic events that surrounded the school’s closure. The Parkland school’s principal, Ty Thompson, tweeted that the focus of the next three days will be “comfort, not curriculum” while advising students they don’t need to bring backpacks and to come ready to start the healing process, adding the hashtag “#RECLAIMTHENEST” in honor of their mascot, the Eagles.

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A New Jersey woman was asked to leave the Metropolitan Museum of Art last weekend after a security guard mistakenly thought she stole clothing from the museum's Costume Institute, according to a published report.

Eliza Vincz, a 26-year-old woman from Burlington, New Jersey, with a hobby for wearing centuries-old clothing, denounced her treatment by a security guard at the Manhattan museum last weekend after she said she was told she couldn't be in the museum in a costume, according to NJ.com.

"I was furious and embarrassed. I felt like a criminal in the one place where I get a lot of my inspiration for my clothing. It hurt--it hurt terribly," Vincz told the website. 

Vincz reportedly planned her visit to the museum to speak to a group called the "Shady Ladies," for a tour encompassing fashion and beauty in art. Unfortunately, she had to cut her presentation short. 

"The Met doesn't have a dress code, but there are guidelines for what visitors can bring in and what activities are allowed in the galleries, and the Museum's security officers are also there to ensure that anyone entering the building isn't going to unnecessarily disturb fellow visitors or put the art at risk," a museum spokeswoman said in a statement to NJ.com.

Vincz told NJ.com she was simply paying homage to work she held in high regard.

"I felt betrayed--it's really disappointing that I haven't gotten an apology from a place that is so special to me," she said. 

In Florida, students return to class two weeks after a gunman killed 17 of their classmates and educators. NBC10's Dray Clark takes a closer look at what is ahead for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School community.

The Atlantic City Boat Show sets sail Wednesday and runs through Sunday. There are plenty of boats to see and fun activities for the family.

A large house went up in flames along Windermere Drive in Moorestown, New Jersey Wednesday morning. NBC10's Matt DeLucia reports no one was hurt.

The Go Baby Go Cafe allows people with traumatic brain injuries to work on their recovery. NBC10's Pamela Osborne takes us to Delaware to show us how patients are practicing skills.

A triple shooting outside a Lehigh Valley gas station left two men dead and a third fighting for his life.

Gunfire rang out around 1:15 a.m. near the gas pumps at 1227 Airport Road, next to the Airport Plaza shopping complex, Allentown Police said.

A 28-year-old man died at the scene while a 36-year-old man died later at the hospital, investigators said.

About 75 minutes later, a 24-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his body was dropped off at the hospital by a car, police said. Doctors listed that man in critical condition.

No word yet on what led up to the shooting.

Investigators could be seen focusing their attention on a vehicle parked near the gas pumps.

The gas station and attached convenience store had nothing to do with the shooting, investigators said.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call police at 610-437-7721.

Foster parents are desperately needed in Philadelphia. Their roll is to support the original family sometimes by adoption or helping the child re-unite with their parents. NBC10's Tracy Davidson introduces us to a family who did both.

About 6,000 children in Philadelphia are in foster care and looking for a loving home. That's why NBC10 and Telemundo 62 are teaming up with Philadelphia's Department of Human Services to find them loving foster families. NBC10's Dray Clark introduces us to a single dad who took in two brothers.

Foster parents are desperately needed in Philadelphia. Their roll is to support the original family sometimes by adoption or helping the child re-unite with their parents. NBC10's Tracy Davidson introduces us to a family who did both.

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A 4-year-old from South Philadelphia is proving that heroism and courage know no age. 

Michael Demasi Jr. volunteered to save the lives of his twin baby brothers, Santino "Sonny" and Giovani "Gio," who suffer from a rare immune disease called chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). 

The condition weakens patients' immune systems and make them more susceptible to deadly germs and infections.

How, exactly, can a 4-year-old save the lives of his 4-month-old brothers?

The answer is in the bone marrow.

"The doctors said 'We have some good news finally. Your 4-year-old son is the perfect match for both the twins,'" Robin Pownall, the boys' mother, said.

On March 8, Michael will undergo a procedure in which doctors at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will extract bone marrow and then transplant it the very same day.

"I'm really scared, exhausted, overwhelmed, in shock still," Pownall said. "It's a lot of emotions all at once."

But Michael has an important goal in mind.

"I want to save their lives," Michael said.

This wasn't the family's first brush with CGD. Their oldest son, Dominick, was cured of the disease when he was young. Pownall wasn't surprised when the twins tested positive because it primarily affects boys.

"That's not good because we have all boys," Dominick said.

Pownall and the boys' father, Michael Demasi Sr., have been taking turns staying with the twins.

Once it was discovered that Michael was a perfect match for the babies, the parents had to weigh the potential risks that the 4-year-old could face while saving his brothers. 

The family remains optimistic about the outcome, and hopes to reunite sometime in April to celebrate the twins and the hero who saved them.

"I'm never gonna forget what he did," Dominick said about Michael. "Even though sometimes he's a pain, I still love him and I love my little brothers too."

The family has a GoFundMe page. 

The expression “March comes in like a lion” may go back as far as 1732. It makes sense meteorologically, since early March is still winter, and huge temperature contrasts across the country can lead to some big storms.

By the end of March, the bitter cold of winter has usually retreated. Snow is much less likely in our part of the country. Average high temperatures go up from 48 on March 1 to 58 on March 31. We even have days that can get into the 80s late in the month.

Of course, weather doesn’t necessarily work on schedules. "Normal" is just the average of extremes, not what we expect for any given day. But this year, the "lion" part is coming just as we start March.

The Storm — What Do We Call It?

It’s sure not a classic "Nor’easter." As Benjamin Franklin figured out back in 1743, a storm was moving TOWARD the Northeast (up the East Coast), but the wind was blowing FROM the Northeast. So he concluded that storms have a circulation, which was a big deal back then. (Here’s a good explanation of how it happened.)

This week's storm is going to give us winds from the Northeast at times, but won’t be traveling to the Northeast. It’s going to track to the East, or even Southeast. This is rather unusual, but sometimes happens at this time of year. Let’s see how the storm evolves. First, the current map:

The storm isn’t much of a storm-just a weak area of low pressure on the left side of the map in Oklahoma. The lower the number with the low, the more intense the storm is. Same thing for the number of lines around the low, and how close together they are. Wednesday’s low is 1002 (for those interested, it’s in millibars).

Now, look at just 24 hours later. The storm has moved into Ohio, the pressure has dropped to 995 millibars, and there are many more lines around the low. The more lines, the stronger the wind:

And now look 24 hours later, into Friday night. The low has moved WAAAAY offshore, but the pressure is down to 974 millibars. This is evidence of rapid intensification. As with a previous storm this winter, it can be classified as “bombogenesis” because it has intensified so rapidly. There are lots of lines around that low, and they are bunched together tightly. At this time, our winds could be 30 mph with gusts over 50 mph if this computer model is right:

Storm Problems

1. Rain

By itself, the March Lion storm wouldn’t bring enough rain to cause flooding. But February has been one of the wettest months on record in much of the area, so even the expected 1 to 2 inches could lead to localized flooding. The heaviest rain should fall Thursday night into Friday morning

2. Wind

The wind around this storm could be the strongest of any storm we’ve seen this winter. Some computer models show gusts well over 50 mph late Friday and Friday night from the Philadelphia area to the shore. That could lead to some wind damage.

3. Coastal Flooding

A storm off the coast combined with a full moon leads to a coastal flood threat nearly every time. There are still some uncertainties related to how long onshore winds will last, which is a critical part of the threat. Heavy rain also adds to flooding at shore points in situations like this.

4. Snow

Temperatures near the ground are much too warm for snow, and there isn’t much cold air to our west. But in these springlike storms, the cold air comes down from aloft. Heavy rain can change to heavy, wet snow in a snap. This is most likely to happen in the Poconos, where accumulation is likely. But it’s also possible in higher elevations in the Lehigh Valley and the Philadelphia suburbs. And, if the upper-air part of the low tracks just right, it could even snow for a while in other parts of our area. But, just like our last storm, it would likely melt on the roads as it falls.

The Bottom Line

This “March Lion” storm will surely bring rain, gusty winds, and some coastal flooding. Higher elevations will get wet snow as the storm passes. The storm should move out in time to give us a rare dry weekend. But it will still be windy Saturday. Stay tuned for updates on this multi-threat storm.

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Your shocks and struts have been taking a beating this season, especially in Philadelphia. The Streets Department confirmed with NBC10 that crews have filled over 20,000 potholes since January 1, 2018.

The city and region have been battling through an early and brutal pothole season due to drastic and quick changes in weather. Just last week, NBC10 reported that the city repaired over 500 potholes alone on a three-mile stretch of Lincoln Drive in Northwest Philadelphia.

Frustration with the roads has been so bad, even Mayor Jim Kenney is responding to citizens about the issue on social media. On Wednesday, he acknowledged that “it’s been a particularly tough year” adding that he is working with City Council to budget $170 million “to get streets up to national standards in the long-term.”

Despite the large numbers of repairs already logged this season, Keisha McCarty-Skelton, spokeswoman for the Streets Department, says that crews are continuing to address potholes as they are reported aggressively. Residents can request pothole repairs by calling the city’s 3-1-1 call center.

Driver hopes for a smoother ride ahead may have to wait for a while. McCarty-Skelton warns motorists to be aware since improving temperatures and thawing roads will continue to prompt repairs and additional potholes.

Delaware wants to pave over a popular nature trail at the Brandywine Creek State Park. The state says it's about safety and accessibility but opponents of the plan want to leave nature alone.