Volunteers came from as far away as Delaware and New York to help evacuate animals in peril from the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County.

The resulting fire forced 5,000 people to flee their homes, shut down the Garden State Parkway and Route 9, and plunged the ...

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

The Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey is now considered a case of arson sparked by an unattended bonfire, state ...

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

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

The Jones Road fire in New Jersey has scorched 13,500 acres of land. Check back for the latest update on the wildfire ...

A man who authorities say didn’t properly extinguish a bonfire has been charged with starting a wildfire in Ocean County that has burned more than 15,000 acres. Joseph W. Kling, 19, of the Waretown ...

Police have charged a 19-year-old New Jersey man they say left a bonfire unattended — setting off the massive wildfire ...

5:30 a.m.: The Jones Road fire has grown to 13,250 acres and is 50% contained, according to the state Forest Fire Service.

Ocean County and New Jersey officials said Thursday they have arrested an Ocean Township man in connection to the Jones Road wildfire that sparked Tuesday morning. Prosecutors in Ocean County have ...

A Waretown man has been charged with aggravated arson and arson in connection with the massive Jones Road wildfire, which was ...