The fire erupted on April 22 in Waretown — an unincorporated community on the Jersey Shore — and rapidly spread throughout ...

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 ...

A 19-year-old was charged with arson in connection with the wildfire that’s ravaging parts of New Jersey, the Forest Fire Service announced Thursday.

A 19-year-old Waretown man is facing charges related to the fire. Joseph Kling was charged with arson and aggravated arson. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office says Kling set a bonfire using wooden ...

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.

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 ...