A five-alarm fire engulfed a warehouse that houses eight businesses in New Jersey early Wednesday, displacing residents from six nearby apartment buildings and shutting down roadways in the area.

The fire that would become an inferno at the 85-year-old warehouse sparked just before 2 a.m. on the 1600 block of Livingston Avenue in North Brunswick, officials said. Operations for eight businesses are housed in the structure, including ones for floor coverings, car parts, car batteries and home furnishings.

Officials said some residential buildings caught fire. One firefighter was slightly hurt fighting the blaze, but no other injuries were reported.

Crews were expected to be fighting the blaze well into Thursday, North Brunswick Mayor Mac Womack said.

Hazardous materials crews are at the scene testing air quality. Womack said there is no immediate danger from being exposed to smoke from the blaze, but he urged residents to stay inside, close their windows and turn off air conditioners until the fire is out.

He said that residents in his town, as well as in nearby South Brunswick and New Brunswick, may see water pressure issues as firefighters work to douse the flames.

The blaze affected traffic on Route 1 Wednesday, closing the ramp from northbound Route 1 to Livingston Avenue. The highway remained open, but delays were expected. Parts of Livingston Avenue were also closed.

Chopper 4 footage showed flames tearing through several warehouse buildings hours after the fire started.

A large plume of smoke could be seen from at least 20 miles away, billowing east over nearby neighborhoods. 

Multiple agencies responded to the scene, including the Red Cross. A shelter for displaced residents has been established at Linwood Middle School.

The man fatally shot by a police officer Wednesday morning after he shot the officer in his bulletproof vest was wanted for a September 2014 shooting that killed a pregnant mother of two and her unborn baby in Frankford, sources said.

Devon Guisherd, 27, had been on the run for nearly a year since police identified him as the suspect wanted in the shooting of 25-year-old Megan Doto. Doto, who was due to give birth exactly a month after she was shot, was sitting outside her house on Adams Avenue near Griscom Street about noon on Sunday, Sept. 14 when gunfire erupted up Griscom Street from where she sat.

A stray bullet struck Doto, who was also mother to a young daughter and son, in the face. She died a short time later at the hospital after an emergency C-section. Doctors were unable to save her baby girl, who family members said at the time would have been named Nicoletta Rose had she survived.

SWAT and Homicide Unit officers went to Riverside Drive near Woodhaven Road in Northeast Philadelphia early Wednesday morning to serve an arrest warrant for Guisherd. Police said when the officers went into the apartment to serve the warrant, the suspect grabbed a gun and began to run, then turned around and shot at the officers, striking the SWAT officer in his bulletproof vest.

The officer, a 17-year veteran, suffered bruising and has been treated at the hospital and released.

The suspect died of his wounds, police said.

After IKEA dressers tipped over and killed two toddlers last year, including a 2-year-old boy from West Chester, IKEA and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Wednesday announced a free repair program to make the dresser models with tipping risks safer.

The repair program offers free wall-anchoring kits for IKEA's MALM three- and four-drawer chests, as well as for two styles of MALM six-drawer chests and some of the furniture chain's other chest and dresser models. The chests and dressers are at risk of tipping when not anchored to the wall, according to a news release about the repair program from the CPSC.

Curren Collas, 2, of West Chester, died in February 2014 when a MALM six-drawer chest standing just more than 48 inches high tipped onto him, fatally pinning him against his bed. The CPSC and IKEA also said they received an additional report that four months after Curren's death, in June 2014, a 23-month-old boy in Snohomish, Wash. died after he was trapped beneath a three-drawer, 30-inch-high MALM chest that tipped.

The chests in both incidents were not secured to the walls behind them, the CPSC said.

Since 1989, according to the release, IKEA is also aware of three additional reports of chest or dresser tip-overs that resulted in deaths.

The free repair kids offered by IKEA will include replacement tip-over restraints, wall anchoring hardware, instructions and warning labels to be put on the furniture. They are available to all consumers who own IKEA children's chests and drawers taller than 23.5 inches and adult chests and drawers taller than 29.5 inches.

"CPSC and IKEA are urging customers to inspect their IKEA chests and dressers to ensure that they are securely anchored to the wall," the news release said. "Consumers should move unanchored chests and dressers into storage or other areas where they cannot be accessed by children until the chests and dressers are properly anchored to the wall."

The MALM chests targeted in the repair program were sold beginning in 2002 and are priced between $80 and $200. Customers should visit an IKEA store, log on to www.IKEA-USA.com/saferhomestogether or call 888-966-4532 to obtain anchoring kits.

Tip-overs of furniture and TVs kill a child every other week and injure a child every 24 minutes in the U.S., according to the CPSC, which recommends anchoring any and all heavy furniture or devices at risk of tipping. More information can be found at www.AnchorIt.gov.

On a Facebook page created in memorial of little Curren, a post thanked the CPSC for partnering with IKEA to offer the free kits to make dressers safer.

"A huge breath of relief for me this morning," the post read in part. "So many precious little lives are being saved."

NJ Transit apologized to customers Wednesday after Amtrak power problems delayed commuters going to and from New York City for a third consecutive day.

New Jersey Transit was forced to suspend service in and out of the city because of overhead wire problems that affected both tubes of the 105-year-old Hudson River Tunnel early Wednesday.

Amtrak spokesman Craig Schulz said in an email some station tracks and portions of Sunnyside Yard in Queens were also affected.

The problem persisted in the south tube, meaning trains had only one track available.

Power was restored by 7:45 a.m. and NJ Transit rail riders faced delays of up to 90 minutes.

After the delays cleared up, NJ Transit issued an apology for the spate of delays and outages.

"The quality of your commute during the last several days has been unacceptable, and we share in your frustration. We have been in contact with Amtrak at the highest levels, seeking solutions. Again, our apologies," NJ Transit said in the statement.

There were delays on the Northeast Corridor on Tuesday when a signal problem in the Princeton area slowed trains.

A disabled train in one of the tunnels and overhead wire troubles caused delays in and out of Penn Station Monday night when the heat and humidity made it feel like it was over 100 degrees in parts of the New York metropolitan area.

Commuters were already stewing after NJ Transit's board on July 15 approved raising fares for bus and rail riders by about 9 percent starting in October. 

The National Park Service says cliff jumping in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area has taken on epidemic proportions, with five injuries so far this year, including this past weekend.

All have been at waterfalls on Adams Creek, which two miles later empties into the Delaware River. That number compares to just three serious injuries in the past three years.

Since April, Ranger Kathleen Sandt says there have been multiple broken bones and two broken backs, most of which requires arduous rescue efforts in which some rangers themselves suffered minor injuries negotiating treacherous rock steps an stream crossings.

Tickets are being written almost every day, according to ranger Mike Macksoud, who was one of the rescuers injured in the latest rescue effort of a 27-year-old Milford, Pennsylvania man. 

Some of the dozens of young men and women who were trying to cliff jump Tuesday were aware of the prohibitions posted by the Park Service. But, as Doug Oakley of Freehold, New Jersey said, "It's, like, cool."

Park rangers disagree, and promise to keep writing tickets in what has become an urgent effort to save people from serious injury and even death.

Thanks to the public, two of the three suspects wanted for swiping a pricey item while vandalizing a beloved Jersey Shore amusement park were captured after returning to their South Jersey homes.

Clayton, Gloucester County, police helped North Wildwood Police snag 13- and 16-year-old boys wanted in connection with the July 11 incident at Morey’s Piers at 25th and the Boardwalk in North Wildwood.

North Wildwood Police said the two boys -- who weren't identified since they are minors -- and 23-year-old Leander Jarrell, also of Clayton, stole a computerized terminal cash register that is valued at $2,400. The suspects also damaged a pier security camera.

North Wildwood Police credited the release of surveillance images of the suspects with the identification of those allegedly involved.

The two juveniles were arrested in Clayton and charged with theft, criminal mischief and trespass then released into the custody of their parents. The search continued Wednesday for Jarrell who faces theft, using minors to commit a crime, criminal mischief and trespass once he is captured.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the North Wildwood Police Department at 609-522-2411.

A seafood distributor that sells fish to a sushi distributor that has products on store shelves nationwide has recalled tuna products after food inspectors found sushi contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration announced.

Osamu Corporation is recalling all of its yellow fin tuna sourced from a processing plant in Indonesia after inspectors in Minnesota discovered the contamination. Two customers who bought sushi from establishments in the state also came down with illnesses after eating the sushi.

The affected tuna was sold to AFC, a sushi-making company in California that distributes products to grocers and restaurants nationwide, between May 20 and 26.

The company has pulled products with the fish from distribution and is destroying any remaining products containing the tuna.

To see the full list of retailers, click here.

The FDA says that anyone concerned that they may have purchased tainted sushi should contact the business where it was purchased.

The store or restaurant should be able to tell whether the recalled tuna was used in the rolls, but Osamu said it doesn’t think any of the contaminated tuna is still available.

Symptoms of salmonella include diarrhea, vomiting, fever, nausea and abdominal pain. In rare cases, the bacteria can lead to severe infections or death. 

A 61-year old Chester County woman was arrested Tuesday on multiple counts of heroin distribution.

Tredyffrin Township Police arrested Lynne C. Twaddle of Wayne after a four-month long investigation.

Upon searching Twaddle's home on the 800 block of Pugh Road, officers found at least 80 baggies of heroin, said investigators.

A judge arraigned Twaddle on 17 counts including possession with intent to distribute, conspiracy and drug charges and sent her to Chester County Prison after she was unable to post $50,000 bail, according to court records.

“We have gone to great lengths to attempt to identify those engaging in distributing pills and heroin and have a zero tolerance approach in this line of enforcement," said Detective Sgt. Todd Bereda. "The most important thing to do is to de-mystify this drug and those that it has touched."

"We hope this arrest serves as a wake-up call to the community as to the degree that this addictive substance has begun to permeate our ranks," Supt. Anthony Giaimo added. "We hope that this arrest serves as a very strong indicator to all that we are not immune to this national drug problem."
 

Police in Bucks County charged a man with dealing heroin after setting up a sting following a deadly overdose earlier this summer.

Lower Makefield Township Police narcotics officers arrested Victor Miller of Wood Street in nearby Trenton, New Jersey after setting up a buy at the Ace Motel on Lincoln Highway in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania where the 22-year-old tried to sell undercover officers one brick (50 bags) of heroin for $260.

Police setup the sting after a 21-year-old Lower Makefield resident died from an overdose last month. The investigation into the death led to police targeting Miller who they say supplied the lethal dose.

Police said witnesses and informants thumbed Miller as a heroin dealer operating in Bucks County. They also said heroin that led to two non-deadly overdoses in Falls Township.

A judge arraigned Miller on multiple heroin dealing charges and sent him to Bucks county prison on $250,000 bail. Police continued to investigate Miller in the deadly overdose case.

Police are searching for an apparently thirsty burglar who was caught on surveillance video stealing juice from a day care center in Camden.

The unidentified man went inside the Broadway Family Center on 250 Line Street early Tuesday morning. Surveillance video shows him stealing four one gallon juice bottles from a refrigerator before leaving the building.

The suspect is described as a thin man wearing a grey shirt, blue jeans and a red hat. If you have any information on his identity please call Camden County Police at 856-757-7042.

A correctional officer was stabbed by an inmate in a Northeast Philadelphia prison Wednesday.

Matthew Early is accused of stabbing a prison guard with a homemade object inside the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia at 5:45 p.m., according to a spokesperson with the Philly Prison System.

The officer was transported to Aria-Torresdale Hospital and was later released.

Early was sent to prison after he was convicted in a shooting at a SEPTA station back in December, 2012. Early and his brother got into an argument with two men while on a SEPTA El train. When the train stopped at 46th and Market Streets, the brothers exited the train onto the platform. Early then pointed a handgun at one of the men, who was still on the train, and fired one shot, striking the victim in the left side of his stomach. The bullet passed through him and struck another man in the left thigh.

Early was arrested and convicted for the shooting while charges against his brother were dropped.

Curran-Fromhold was on lockdown due to Wednesday's stabbing and all visitation at the 7900 State Road prison were canceled.

A violent night in Philadelphia has left three people dead and two others wounded.

The first shooting happened about 10:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of N. Howard Street in the West Kensington section. Police say a male was sitting on the sidewalk outside his house when he was approached by another male and they engaged in an argument. The second male pulled out a gun and shot the victim several times, including twice in the head. The victim was rushed to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.

The second shooting happened about 1 a.m. on Colona Street near Waterloo Street in Kensington. Investigators say a male in his 20s was shot in the face and back and was killed.

About 10 minutes later, and only a few blocks away, a 15-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the arm in the 100 block of W. Susquehanna Avenue when a gunman began shooting up cars. He is in stable condition at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.

Investigators believe these two shootings may be related due to their close proximity.

The fourth shooting happened about 1:30 a.m. in the 4600 block of Unruh Avenue in the city’s Tacony section. In this shooting, a 21-year-old male was shot once in the head and neck and was pronounced dead at the scene. A second individual, a 28-year-old male, was shot once in the back and taken to Aria Health Torresdale Hospital in critical condition.

So far, no arrests have been made. All the shootings remain under investigation.

A man wearing a very distinctive shirt is one of two suspects wanted for several car thefts in a Montgomery County town.

The thefts happened about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Merrybrook development in Upper Gwynedd Township.

Investigators say the two suspects entered several vehicles and took various items.

One of the victims had a surveillance system, which captured both suspects breaking into his truck.

One of the suspects wore a distinctive t-shirt that read “Get Higher.” He also had a large tattoo on his left forearm, which may be a panther or similar animal.

This is the second time in a few weeks that this neighborhood was victimized and they may be related to additional thefts in a neighboring township.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Upper Gwynedd Township Police Department at 215-699-5861.

A crash that closed all lanes of southbound I-495 in Delaware Thursday morning left one dead and four hurt.

One car flipped over just after 7 a.m. when two cars collided along I-495 southbound just south of US Route 13 in New Castle.

Investigators said one person died in the crash. Three others were taken to Christiana Hospital for treatment for undisclosed injuries.

As a result of the crash, all lanes of southbound I-495 were closed and traffic was diverted onto Route 13. I-95 served as an alternate route.

Police investigated the wreck as they searched for a cause. They finally reopened the roadway around 11 a.m. but some residual delays remained.

A free job fair intended for military veterans and their spouses will be held in South Philadelphia Thursday.

The hiring event, which will be held at Lincoln Financial Field, is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The career expo is intended to connect local veterans and their spouses with local and national businesses.

Representatives from The Home Depot, RecruitMilitary and several other employers will be in attendance.