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Fuel spill reported on Route 30 in York County

Fuel spill reported on Route 30 in York County
APP. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. WE WILL SEE SOME RAIN COMING IN LATER TODAY. COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND WINDS PICK UP. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT DAY COMING UP. THREE PEOPLE INJURED, FIVE IN CUSTODY AFTER A SHOOTING IN PHILADELPHIA DURING AN ANNUAL EID AL-FITR EVENT, AND A MAN AND HIS WIFE ARE FOUND DEAD IN THEIR HOME IN LANCASTER COUNTY. NOW WHAT POLICE SAY HAPPENED. IT IS 430 AND IT’S THURSDAY THIS MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON MATT BARCARO. I’M KATELYN SMITH. LET’S GO RIGHT BACK OVER TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA TO TALK ABOUT THAT RAIN. AND WHEN IT’S MOVING IN. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS MORNING I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE PRETTY QUIET DRY AND CALM. BUT THE WINDS THEN INCREASE AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON. AND EVENING COULD BE GUSTY TONIGHT WE COULD HAVE SOME GUSTS UP TO 40MPH. LET ME SHOW YOU OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A COLD FRONT OUT TO OUR WEST. AND THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH TONIGHT. SO TONIGHT IS WHEN WE COULD HAVE THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS AND SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN. YOU MIGHT EVEN HEAR SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER RIGHT NOW. JUST A TINY LITTLE SHOWER OVER LANCASTER COUNTY. OTHERWISE PRETTY QUIET. IT’S 59 IN HARRISBURG, 64 IN GETTYSBURG, EVEN 65 RIGHT NOW IN CHAMBERSBURG. REAL WARM OUT THERE THIS MORNING. HIGHS WILL GET TO JUST ABOUT 70 DEGREES FOR OUR HIGH TODAY. AND THEN WE SHOULD BE SEEING THAT RAIN MOVE IN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SO IT WON’T BE STEADY. THERE’LL BE PERIODS OF RAIN AND WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT FLOODING CONCERNS AND ANY SEVERE CONCERNS COMING UP. OKAY. THANKS, CHRISTINE. IN PHILADELPHIA THIS MORNING, THREE PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING, FIVE PEOPLE IN CUSTODY AFTER SHOOTING AT AN ANNUAL EID AL-FITR EVENT MARKING THE END OF RAMADAN. POLICE SAY SOMEONE FIRED 30 SHOTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, SENDING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RUNNING FOR SAFETY. AUTHORITIES SAY FIVE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, INCLUDING A 15 YEAR OLD BOY WHO POLICE SHOT IN THE LEG AND SHOULDER. THEY SAY HE WAS CARRYING A GUN. EVERYONE JUST STARTED RUNNING AND SCATTERING AROUND AND YOU HEAR BABIES CRYING, PEOPLE CRYING, PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AND IT’S CRAZY. IT WAS CRAZY. AND THEN ABOUT A COUPLE SECONDS LATER, IT WAS LIKE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOTS GOING OFF AND WE WERE JUST RUNNING AND RUNNING, AND ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS GOT SHOT IN THE STOMACH. THAT’S WHY WE’RE HERE, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON. POLICE SAY THE MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTING NOT IMMEDIATELY. CLEAR. EID AL FITR IS AN ISLAMIC HOLIDAY MARKING THE END OF RAMADAN. THE MONTH WHEN DEVOUT MUSLIMS FAST EVERY DAY FROM DAWN TO SUNSET. IN WASHINGTON, D.C. RIGHT NOW, POLICE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD. FIVE OTHERS HURT, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN. POLICE SAY SOMEONE DROVE UP AND SHOT INTO A CROWD AROUND 615 LAST NIGHT IN NORTHEAST D.C. ONE ONE PERSON DIED. TWO BOYS, AGES NINE AND 12, ONE WOMAN AND TWO MEN WERE HURT. THEY WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS BACK HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. POLICE IN LANCASTER COUNTY SAY THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF A MAN AND HIS WIFE WERE MURDER SUICIDE. POLICE SAY. JUST AFTER FOUR YESTERDAY MORNING, 71 YEAR OLD MARK SHEPPARD SHOT HIS WIFE, 63 YEAR OLD DIANE SHEPPARD, IN THEIR HOME ON SUNHILL ROAD IN PENN TOWNSHIP. FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD. POLICE THEY HEARD AN ARGUMENT, THEN GUNSHOTS. THIS NEW INFORMATION FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY THIS MORNING ON THE THREATS MADE YESTERDAY TOWARD THE COURT COMPLEX IN CHAMBERSBURG, POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO SUSPECTS CHADWIN AND JASON ROGERS, AND HAVE ISSUED ARREST WARRANTS FOR THEM. POLICE SAY THE THREAT WAS CALLED IN AROUND TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. K9 TEAMS FROM THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE STATE POLICE WERE CALLED IN TO HELP THE COURTHOUSE AND NEARBY BUSINESSES WERE EVACUATED. AND I WAS TRYING TO GET IN TOWN TO GET TO THE RESTAURANT AND AND ALL THE ROADS WERE BLOCKED OFF. I WAS ABLE TO PARK IN ONE OF THE PARKING LOTS AND EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED. NO CARS, NOBODY WAS THERE, JUST A BUNCH OF, UH, POLICE OFFICERS. I’VE BEEN IN BUSINESS IN THIS AREA OVER TEN YEARS AND NEVER ANYTHING LIKE THIS. TOOK ABOUT TWO HOURS FOR POLICE TO EVENTUALLY GIVE THE ALL CLEAR. ALSO, IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER THE TUSCARORA SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT SAYS SOMEONE PRETENDED TO BE A NEW STUDENT. THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THE PERSON GOT ONTO A BUS YESTERDAY MORNING AND THEN TRIED GOING INTO JAMES BUCHANAN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ONCE IN THE OFFICE, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THAT PERSON WAS NOT ACTUALLY A STUDENT AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY A SCHOOL POLICE OFFICER. STATE POLICE WERE THEN CALLED INTO THE SCHOOL, AND THE SCHOOL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN UNTIL THAT PERSON WAS REMOVED FROM CAMPUS. THE SUPERINTENDENT ALSO SAYS THAT PERSON HAD A WEAPON, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND A VAPE DEVICE, THOUGH NO THREATS WERE EVER MADE. YORK POLICE SAY ELECTRONIC TRACKING DEVICE LED THEM TO A BANK ROBBER THIS WEEK, POLICE SAY A NET SANTOS ENTERED THE FULTON BANK BRANCH MONDAY AFTERNOON ON SOUTH GEORGE STREET IN DOWNTOWN YORK. POLICE SAY SANTOS HANDED THE TELLER A THREATENING NOTE, ACCORDING TO CHARGING DOCUMENTS, THE TELLER HANDED OVER MORE THAN $4,000 IN CASH. NOW, THEN, POLICE USED A TRACKING DEVICE THAT WAS IN THE MONEY AND CAUGHT UP WITH SANTOS AFTER SHE GOT INTO A CAR AND SOMEONE DROVE HER AWAY, SHE MADE VARIOUS STATEMENTS. UM, CONCERNING THE ROBBERY, ALL TRYING TO DISTANCE HERSELF FROM THE ACTUAL EVENTS. POLICE SAY THE TRACKING DEVICE, AS WELL AS VIDEO AND WITNESSES, CONNECTED SANTOS TO THE ROBBERY. IT’S 4.35, AND STARTING TODAY IN PENNSYLVANIA, YOU CAN NOW APPLY FOR THE STUDENT TEACHER SUPPORT PROGRAM WHILE STARTING AT 9:00 THIS MORNING, GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO, LAWMAKERS AND THE STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION GATHERED AT THE CAPITOL YESTERDAY TO ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCE THAT ONLINE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THAT STIPEND, IT GIVES UP TO $15,000 TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. SO IN ORDER TO QUALIFY, STUDENTS MUST COMMIT TO WORKING AS. A TEACHER IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS AFTER COMPLETING THEIR EDUCATION. STUDENTS MUST ALSO BE ENROLLED IN AN EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM AT THE COLLEGE IN THE STATE, PAYING STUDENT TEACHERS A. MODEST STIPEND IS A WIN WIN. IT IS A WIN FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PURSUE CAREERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND IT IS A WIN FOR PENNSYLVANIA BECAUSE IT REMOVES A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL BURDEN TO BECOMING A TEACHER AT A TIME WHEN SO MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH TEACHER SHORTAGES TO PUT SOMETHING COMMON SENSE FORWARD. AND GET STUFF DONE HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND HELP OUR STUDENTS ALL ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA, THIS IS WHAT GOOD GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE. AS I SAID, STUDENTS CAN START APPLYING AT 9:00 THIS MORNING AT FIRE DOT ORG SLASH STUDENT, TEACHER AND OF COURSE THAT’S P H E A A DOT ORG SLASH STUDENT TEACHER. YOU WILL BE AWARDE
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Fuel spill reported on Route 30 in York County
UPDATE: Route 30 is clear after crews were called for a fuel spill.Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.The fire department was on the scene of a fuel spill on Route 30 in Hellam Township. Crews were called to the westbound lanes near the Hallam Exit at 5:12 a.m.The shoulder is blocked due to the incident. Expect slowdowns in the area.For live traffic updates, click here. Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wgal.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

UPDATE: Route 30 is clear after crews were called for a fuel spill.

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

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The fire department was on the scene of a fuel spill on Route 30 in Hellam Township.

Crews were called to the westbound lanes near the Hallam Exit at 5:12 a.m.

The shoulder is blocked due to the incident. Expect slowdowns in the area.

For live traffic updates, click here.

Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wgal.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.