A synagogue in Rutherford, New Jersey, was destroyed by a major fire early Friday morning. The rabbi, his wife, and their six children, who were all sleeping inside when the blaze started, managed to escape the building unharmed.

Congregation Beth El in Rutherford, more than a century old, was destroyed. The mayor said there was no indication of arson so far.

A historic New Jersey synagogue was engulfed by a four-alarm fire early Friday morning as a rabbi and his family of six "luckily" escaped the inferno.