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 ...

Authorities arrested 19-year-old Joseph Kling of Waretown, New Jersey, and charged him with arson and aggravated arson in the ...

Joseph Kling, 19, of Ocean Township, allegedly started a bonfire with wooden pallets on Tuesday in the Forked River Mountains ...

A 19-year-old man was charged with arson after he failed to properly extinguish a bonfire he had, causing a massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey .

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

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.

As bad as this wildfire is, New Jersey has had bigger fires with more widespread damage and fatalities during the past 100 ...

The air in the city is unhealthy for some groups because of a fire that has been burning in the Pine Barrens since Tuesday.