Firefighters were battling a three-alarm blaze Monday at an industrial park in West Norriton Township, where flames and thick smoke poured from a building owned by Superior Play Systems. The fire was reported in the 2500 block of Industry Lane just off North Trooper Road.
By the time the scene drew attention, officials said everyone inside the building had made it out. That removed the most immediate fear, but it did not lessen the scale of the response: crews were still working an active fire that was sending large flames into the air and producing heavy smoke over West Norriton Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Superior Play Systems makes playground equipment, and the fire involved one of its buildings inside the industrial park. West Norriton officials urged residents to stay away from the area and expect traffic delays while firefighters kept working the blaze. For people trying to get through the afternoon, that meant the road around Industry Lane was not just busy — it was blocked by an emergency that had not yet been brought under control.
Officials said there was no word on what started the fire. That is now the central unanswered question, along with how much damage the building took before crews can finally put the fire out.
