Three Escape Safely as Collegeville Home Engulfed in Fire
I’ll never forget the first time I saw a fire like this unfold up close—it grabs your attention in a way nothing else does. On Tuesday afternoon, the 400 block of East Main Street in Collegeville turned into a scene straight out of a movie. Flames shot high from the roof of a home, thick smoke curling into the sky, and you could feel the tension in the air even from a distance.
I was reading through reports and watching the Chopper 6 footage, and it was hard not to imagine the chaos on the ground. Plinio Casalinuovo, a local passing by, described it perfectly: “It was crazy to see.
The fire just wouldn’t stop. Then just watching the pieces fall off and everything come down.” That’s exactly the kind of raw, human perspective that shows how terrifying and fast-moving these situations can be…