COLLEGEVILLE BOROUGH

Car engulfs in flames outside Royal Farms Tuesday afternoon

The call came in at around 1 p.m.

By Tony Di Domizio

Managing Editor

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

(Credit: Dolores Carcarey/Emergency Alerts of Southeastern Pennsylvania Facebook)

(Credit: Dolores Carcarey/Emergency Alerts of Southeastern Pennsylvania Facebook)

The call came in at around 1 p.m.

  • Public Safety

Multiple fire companies battled a car that was fully engulfed in flames outside the front entrance of Royal Farms at 207 E. Main St. in Collegeville Borough Tuesday afternoon.

According to Montgomery County dispatch reports, firefighters immediately checked for a fire extension into the business upon arrival around 12:50 p.m.

There were no reported injuries. Everyone was safely out of the vehicle, per reports.

Responding units included Collegeville Fire Co., Perkiomen Township Fire Co., Upper Providence Township Fire Co., and Lower Providence Fire. 

It is unknown at this time how the fire began.

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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at tony@northpennnow.com. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Nesvisky and Dr. Heather Thomas, and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he was born and raised in and around the Borough, including Little Italy, and attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.

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