Firefighters found heavy flames on all floors of the three-story Park Street home shortly after 6:30 a.m.
The blaze went to three alarms less than an hour later and was knocked down about a half-hour after that.
No serious injuries were immediately reported.
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Among those assisting their Orange colleagues at the scene or in coverage were firefighters from Newark, Bloomfield, Montclair, West Orange, Irvington, East Orange, Cedar Grove, South Orange and Maplewood.
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