The fire spread quickly and destroyed buildings and vehicles after authorities said a bonfire was improperly extinguished.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service continues to monitor conditions and allocate resources where needed. Local officials say ...

A 19-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with a massive wildfire that torched thousands of acres of woodland in Ocean County.

At approximately 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, the Cedar Bridge Fire Tower located a column of smoke coming from the area of Jones Road and Bryant Road in Ocean Township, authorities said. There, emergency ...

Police in New Jersey have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with sparking a massive wildfire that led to evacuations ...

Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, has been charged with arson after starting a bonfire that sparked a 15,000 acre wildfire that ...

Kling was accused of starting the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, which has burned around 15,000 acres.

The 19-year-old accused of setting a bonfire that ballooned into the still-burning, 15,000-acre Jones Road Wildfire was ...

No one has been injured, but three buildings in Lacey caught fire, with one destroyed. As of Wednesday night, eight ...

The detention hearing for a Waretown man charged with arson in the wildfire that has destroyed more than 15,000 acres and ...

Officials said the fire is believed to be the second-worst in the last two decades, smaller only than a 2007 blaze that ...

A raging wildfire in New Jersey has scorched thousands of acres, is sending large plumes of smoke into the sky, and has led to the closure of several roads.