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NJ man, 19, arrested on charges of sparking wildfire catastrophe in Ocean County
Joseph Kling, 19, of the Waretown section of Ocean Township, was charged Wednesday with aggravated arson and arson in what is being called the Jones Road Wildfire, which has burned more than 20 square miles of the Ocean County Natural Lands Trust’s Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area since Tuesday morning.
The fire spread quickly and destroyed buildings and vehicles after authorities said a bonfire was improperly extinguished.
Joseph Kling, 19, of Ocean Township, NJ, is charged with aggravated arson and arson in connection to the massive Jones Road ...
The Jones Road fire is the largest wildfire in New Jersey since June 2022 when the Mullica River Fire scorched 13,500 acres across Wharton State Forest in Burlington County. If the fire surpasses that ...
Prosecutors say Joseph Kling, 19, of the Waretown section of Ocean Township, definitely started a bonfire. And that bonfire ...
The Ocean County, New Jersey, Jones Road Wildfire has burned thousands of acres, at one point forced thousands of evacuations ...
LACEY, NJ – Firefighters have made progress containing a massive wildfire burning in central New Jersey that damaged multiple ...
A fast-moving wildfire still burning in New Jersey on Wednesday forced thousands of people to evacuate and temporarily closed ...
A total of 1,320 structures were being threatened by massive wildfire and 25,000 home and businesses were without power.
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