ROME FATAL FIRE

Thursday morning, then partly sunny skies in the afternoon.

Staying cold with highs in the upper 20s.

Seasonably cold with some sunshine next weekend.

Mostly sunny and cold on friday with highs near 30 degrees.

Partly sunny on saturday with highs in the upper 30s.

A rain/ snow mix arrives saturday night and continues into sunday.

Highs once again in the upper 30s.

We are continuing to follow the breaking news out of rome...if you are just tunjust e crews on the scene of what we have learned is a fatal house fire on route 69.

Just past the oriskany battle field near monument road.

Newschannel 2's caitlin irla is live with the latest..caitlin what can you tell us.

Good evening jason.

Sadly two people have died in this fire.

Oneida county sheriff rob maciol confirming that information.

As you can see, crews are still in scene.

I spoke with a couple firefighters who said because of the roof collapse, its harder to put out the hot spots..

The calls came in just before nine tonight for a fully involved structure fire.

When we arrived... there was billowing smoke and the roof had already collapsed.

New information in the last five minutes... due to the structure being unstable rome fire department members are still unable to enter the residence.

Sheriffs will provide more information along with the names of the deceased when identification has been confirmed.

Again, this is on route 69... just past the oriskany battle field near monument road.

And two confirmed fatalities.

The rome fire department is working to determine the cause and origin of the fire.

The sheriffs office is handling the overall investigation.

Oneida county sheriffs are asking that you continue to avoid the area because as you can see there are still multiple crews on scene.

Jason, back yo you.

((((break((() tonight was the final chance to help us stuff the bus this holiday season.

Santa was there to help volunteers collect donations.

New this year... a christmas tree that was lit for the first time tonight.

It's a reminder that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

In a year that was difficult for most, central new yorkers still went above and beyond to help local families in need.

Collecting the toys has been different...and distributing them will be different as well.

18:01:02;03 18:01:16;00 "we're going to be doing that later this week, and obviously with covid, we typically would all get together and we can't do that this year, so we're making sure to do it safely and limiting the amount of people here but they'll all be getting their toys pretty soon."

This year, the stuff the bus campaign will help 30 different local charities.

Those agencies will then distribute them to those in need in their communities.

Next... spencer's in at the sports station -- the international boxing hall of fame announces its induction class of 2021 - and some big names are expected in canastota next summer.

He'll break it all down.

Good evening!

After missing out on a year - the