{"id":225833,"date":"2026-06-23T14:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225833\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:21:09","slug":"videos-massive-fire-destroys-outdoor-play-equipment-company-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225833\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEOS: Massive fire destroys outdoor play equipment company in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-005315-e1782201526748-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1151624\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A large fire tore through a business in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, on Monday morning, sending massive flames and thick black smoke into the air and prompting a massive emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze broke out shortly after 11 a.m. at Superior Play Systems, a facility on Industry Lane that manufactures outdoor play equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Cell phone video captured part of the building collapsing as intense flames quickly overtook the structure.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters said conditions deteriorated rapidly as crews arrived on scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pulled everyone back, which turned into a master stream operation at this location because the building was too unsafe to actually enter,\u201d Chief Kenny Kanauer of Jefferson Fire Co. #1 said.<\/p>\n<p>Video from Chopper 6 showed flames and black smoke rising high above the building.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said 130 trucks from approximately 100 fire companies across the region responded to the scene, underscoring the scale of the fire.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f01fe35aa164f08185a09593dd638a89.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" alt=\"4-alarm fire ravages Superior Play Systems in West Norriton, Montgomery County\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e1d5a307717872bc134c04057081dd33.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" alt=\"Large fire destroys Montgomery County business on Monday\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large fire tore through a business in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, on Monday morning, sending massive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[856,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-225833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-national","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}