An elderly woman is dead and her husband recovering at the hospital after an early morning house fire in Escondido. The flames erupted just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday morning at the 2400 block of Alexander Drive. According to San Diego County Sheriff's Deputies, a driver on the freeway saw the fire and called 911. "The fire was very well involved when we got here," said Escondido Fire Battalion Chief Tyler Batson. "We left from all the way across the city, we saw the smoke column and the flames." He said some small explosions were heard. When crews arrived on the scene, they found a man in his 80s outside the home, suffering from smoke inhalation and burn injuries. He told them his wife was trapped inside upstairs. They were able to rescue her and transport her to the hospital, but she died from her injuries. According to deputies, she was also in her 80s. Firefighters also rescued the couple's son. He had been asleep, and was not injured. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/one-dead-from-a-house-fire-in-escondido/509-3e5fd727-3f6f-4b44-b460-a31aa2bd3f54