A defense attorney argued that his 19-year-old client did not deliberately set the blaze that consumed 15,000 acres of ...

The following is a listing of all home transfers in Ocean County reported from April 28 to May 4. There were 161 transactions ...

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.

Joseph Kling, one of the teenagers charged with setting a massive wildfire in Ocean County, is being released from jail with an ankle monitor as he awaits trial.

Prosecutors say that Kling picked up 10 to 20 wooden pallets from a recycling center and drove them into the woods, and used gasoline on two pallets to start the fire, and then eventually the rest of ...

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said the Jones Road wildfire went from 75% contained Monday to 80% Thursday.

The New Jersey man facing arson charges in the Jones Road Wildfire appeared in court Friday in Ocean County. Joseph Kling ...

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.

Wildfires have left an indelible mark on Ocean County over the years, testing the strength and preparedness of its communities. The latest blaze, the Jones Road fire, joins a history of ...

A second suspect, a 17-year-old, has been arrested in connection with the 15,000-acre Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, ...

The detention hearing for a Waretown man accused of starting a wildfire that destroyed 15,300 acres in southern Ocean County ...