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

The Rutherford, NJ, synagogue fire started around 2:50 a.m. and quickly engulfed the building. Rabbi Yitzhock Lerman, his wife and four children were sleeping in an apartment inside when the blaze

An early investigation of the fire found no evidence of criminal intent. A fire early Friday morning destroyed a historic synagogue and Jewish community center in Rutherford, New Jersey, as the congregation’s rabbi and his family escaped unharmed.