An-early-morning fire in a Lakewood Yeshiva left a Sefer Torah R”L destroyed and the building totally gone.

The fire started just before 3:00AM at Yeshiva Chayei Olam on Faraday, and by the time the Fire Department had arrived, the entire building was fully engulfed in flames.

The Sefer Torah had been inside a safe which unfortunately had fallen through the floor when the building collapsed. The Sefer Torah was removed smoldering and totally destroyed.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

(YWN/TLS)