Several cars were damaged by fire in the parking lot of a Wyncote, Montgomery County apartment building Saturday night.
Montgomery County emergency dispatchers tell NBC10 four cars caught fire after an engine ignited in one of the vehicles parked at the Towers at Wyncote, on Limekiln Pike near Route 309, about 9 p.m.
The intense flames ignited gasoline in one of the cars causing a small explosion. NBC10 viewer @UnclePerk shared video of the fire as it burned.
There were no reports of injuries. The cause is under investigation.
It's the second time this summer that there has been a fire at the complex. In June, a fire in one of the apartment towers erupted, leading to evacuations and eventually growing to three alarms.
A Delaware County police officer was recovering Sunday morning after police say a man stabbed him during a scuffle outside a South Philadelphia hotel.
The Tinicum Township officer was doing a good deed when things went awry, police said: He was giving the suspect a courtesy transport from a Motel 6 in Tinicum to the nearby Holiday Inn Philadelphia Stadium at 10th Street and Packer Avenue in South Philadelphia.
When the officer and the suspect, who were both in the officer's cruiser, arrived at the hotel about 8:20 p.m., a scuffle between them broke out, police said.
The fight spilled out of the cruiser, and ended when the suspect stabbed the officer in the shoulder and fled the scene. Philadelphia Police responded and took the wounded officer to Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was in stable condition.
Police tracked down and arrested the suspect a short while later. He has not yet been publicly identified, and official charges have not been filed.
It was unclear what sparked the scuffle, and the incident remained under investigation early Sunday.
A Tinicum Township Police officer is hospitalized after being stabbed in the arm during a fight outside a South Philadelphia hotel.
The officer was dropping off the man at the Holiday Inn Philadelphia Stadium at 10th Street and Packer Avenue in a courtesy transport around 8:20 p.m. Saturday when a fight broke out in the cruiser, Philadelphia Police tell NBC10. He was picked up from the Motel 6 in neighboring Tinicum.
The fight spilled out of the car and into the hotel's parking lot. During the scuffle, the officer was stabbed in the bicep, police said.
The officer called for help as the man fled the scene. Philadelphia Police rushed the officer to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center for treatment. He's listed in stable condition, police said.
The suspect was caught a short time later. Investigators are looking into what sparked the fight.
New PATCO schedules for some days begin this weekend to accommodate a $103 million track rehabilitation project on the Jersey-to-Philly transit line's tracks that run along the Ben Franklin Bridge.
According to PATCO, the new schedule, which went into effect Saturday, returns PATCO service to a full, normal schedule between Monday and Thursday morning. It requires a revised schedule between mid-day Thursday and Sunday night that will stay in place through the end of October.
The track work will eventually be suspended between late October and early December before restarting and continuing again until the end of the year. Updated copies of PATCO’s schedule are available at RidePATCO.org.
A man who jumped into a creek in an attempt to avoid police in Philadelphia Sunday morning is in hot water after police still managed to catch him.
Police said an officer spotted the man driving erratically in the area of Torresdale Avenue and Vandike Street, in the Frankford neighborhood, shortly before 9 a.m. The officer began to follow the driver and stopped, but a second officer then picked up on the driver and also began following him, according to authorities. The man then bailed out of the car and jumped into nearby Frankford Creek in an apparent attempt to avoid being stopped by the officers.
Marine Unit officers responded to the scene and were able to pull the suspect out of the creek, police said. Only NBC10 photographer Pete Kane was at the scene as a large group of police led the soaking man away from the creek in handcuffs.
Police said they found drugs in the man’s car and that he could potentially face charges including DUI, drug possession and eluding police.
The National Weather Service is warning beach-goers about the risk of rip currents this holiday weekend at New Jersey and Delaware beaches.
According to a NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook issued early Sunday morning, “There is a moderate risk for the development of dangerous rip currents,” through Sunday night at beaches on Delaware’s coast and the cost of Central and South Jersey.
Beach-goers are warned to be cautious, and lifeguards on some South Jersey beaches this weekend have advised swimmers not to wade too deeply into the surf because of the currents.
A woman was fighting for her life Sunday after police say she was struck by a police wagon in West Philadelphia.
Police said an initial investigation into the crash indicated that the woman, whose age and identity have not been released, was walking in the bike lane on Spruce Street between 56th and 57th streets about 10 a.m. when a SEPTA bus began coming toward her. She moved further into the street to avoid the bus, officials said, and was struck by the passing police wagon.
The woman was unresponsive, police said, and was rushed to Presbyterian Medical Center in critical condition.
This story is developing. Stay with NBC10.com for updates.
Two young men survived a severe rollover crash that sent their car airborne and careening more than 300 feet in Ocean County, NJ late Saturday night, but one was seriously injured, police said.
Police were called to the area of Route 37 and Colonial Drive just after 11 p.m., and when they arrived, they found a 2012 Chevy Impala flipped on its roof in the eastbound lanes of Route 37 just past the intersection. The Impala, driven by 21-year-old Eric Larson, of Jackson, had been traveling west on Route 37, apparently careened out of control and crashed head-on into the concrete divider on the highway, police said. The car then went airborne, flew over the divider and traveled about 70 feet before flipping onto its passenger side and rolling onto its roof in the eastbound lanes, police said. On its roof, the car continued to slide before finally stopping 320 feet away from where it first struck the median, according to investigators.
Larson, police said, was properly restrained at the time of the crash and refused medical treatment. His passenger, 22-year-old Taylor Bromberg, was also properly seat belted, according to police, but suffered severe injuries to his abdomen. Bromberg was taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River, and his condition was not known, police said.
Police said the Manchester Township Police Department’s Traffic Safety Section is continuing to investigate the one-car crash.
Lillian Margolis was last seen Saturday at 9 p.m. when she left her family's home in Radnor Township to return to her home at Maris Grove in Glen Mills.
Police said the 88-year-old was found safe in Upper Darby Sunday driving her 2002 white Nissan Maxima along Cobbs Creek with a flat tire.
Police pulled the vehicle over and recognized Margolis.
Police in Delaware County had been tracking Margolis by using the signal of her cell phone, which had signaled her whereabouts in Delaware and Chester Counties Sunday.
Police said Margolis got lost and drove all night as far as Harford County, Maryland before asking for directions and driving back to Pennsylvania.
Police said Margolis was not injured.
