A father and son were able to escape a two-alarm fire that tore through their home on Moss Brook Road in Orange early Wednesday morning.
According to the Orange Fire Department, crews were alerted of a large patch of black smoke that was visible from Route 2 on the west end of town just before 7 a.m. As firefighters neared the location, they noticed thicker smoke as they approached the downtown area and called for a second engine.
A passerby who reported the fire to officials, alerted the occupants of the home, a father and his 5-year-old son. The two had to crawl out of a first-floor window to get out of the burning home.
Orange firefighters arrived to find a barn that was fully involved collapsing and extending to the home.