Officials in Ocean County were confident that the 19-year-old arrested Wednesday set the initial fire that became the Jones ...

Prosecutors say Joseph Kling, 19, of the Waretown section of Ocean Township, definitely started a bonfire. And that bonfire ...

Joseph Kling, 19, is charged with arson in the Ocean County, N.J.​ wildfire that has scorched more than 15,000 acres.

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

A New Jersey man was arrested in connection with sparking the 15,000-acre fire that has burned for three days straight in Ocean County, just miles from the Jersey Shore.

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

More than 13,000 acres are burning in New Jersey as winds are expected to continue Thursday and smoke will hit the New York City area.

A New Jersey teenager has been charged with arson in connection with a wildfire in the Pinelands region that has already scorched 15,000 acres and could grow into the largest blaze in the state since ...

Authorities say a man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, sparking a ...

A wildfire that scorched more than 15,000 acres across Ocean and Lacey townships was 50% contained as of Thursday, according ...

OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. — Police have arrested a 19-year-old man on arson charges for allegedly starting a fire that turned into a ...