Crews are crediting the half-inch of rain that fell over the southern region of the fire over the weekend. More passing rain ...

The only adult to be charged with arson in the massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, has been released from jail ...

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

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 ...

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

A judge said the extraordinary nature of the case, involving one of the largest wildfires in the state in decades, warranted ...

Information provided by the girlfriends of Joseph Kling and a 17-year-old male to police charging the pair with arson in the ...

The girlfriend of a 17-year-old arrested in connection with the Jones Road Wildfire allegedly admitted to a friend that her group started the blaze.

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

The blaze, burning in Ocean and Lacey Townships in Ocean County, was only about 10% contained Tuesday night, the New Jersey Fire Service said. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New ... of the fire and determined the cause was a bonfire that hadn't been put out. Speaking Thursday afternoon at a news conference, Ocean County ...