The New Jersey man charged with sparking a wildfire that ravaged parts of Ocean County attempted to deny responsibility, blaming it instead on two “Mexicans” he could not name, police ...

Robert P. Lamb, a lifelong public servant and third-generation resident of Lavallette, New Jersey, died on May 2 at the age ...

Crews are crediting the half-inch of rain that fell over the southern region of the fire over the weekend. More passing rain on Monday may also help containment efforts, officials added.

Authorities say Joseph Kling, 19, deliberately started the fire by soaking wooden pallets in gasoline and setting them aflame ...

Kling is charged with igniting flames that by Tuesday morning grew to the point that a spotter in the Cedar Bridge Fire Tower ...

A Waretown man accused of starting a wildfire that destroyed 15,300 acres in southern Ocean County was released from jail on ...

New details about how the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, NJ, began. Eric Scott reveals what court documents show happened and how the fire spread so quickly.

A second person has been charged with arson in the wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens. Prosecutors said Friday that a ...

The second teenage boy was arrested Thursday night in connection with the Jones Road wildfire, first spotted about 9:45 a.m.

The second suspect -- an unidentified 17-year-old boy -- was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with arson and ...

A New Jersey 17-year-old has been arrested in connection to last month’s massive wildfire in Ocean County, prosecutors ...