Authorities arrested the 19-year-old from Waretown, New Jersey, and charged him with arson and aggravated arson in the fire that’s still burning in southern New Jersey that they described as started ...

The wildfire, which was determined to be the second largest in New Jersey in the past 20 years, consumed more than 15,000 ...

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

Forecasters on Friday warned low humidity and gusty wind increased the risk that fire could develop across parts of New Jersey, Philadelphia and its suburbs and Delaware as firefighters continued to ...

In a statement released Thursday morning, New Jersey officials ... Greenwood Wildlife Management area in Waretown, officials said. The origin of the fire, according to investigators, is near ...

The Jones Road Wildfire was the second largest in the last 20 years, spreading a total of 15,350 acres, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The first is the Warren Grove Wildfire in 2007, ...

WARETOWN -- Traffic remained slow through ... according to Barnegat Police and the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Officials with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority posted a photo to the social ...

Burning over 15,000 acres of land, the wildfire has had significant consequences within the state and beyond, affecting air quality as far as New York City.

A fire burns on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, near Waretown, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) New Jersey’s forest fire chief said the state has “averted a major disaster.” “Thanks to the ...