The Jones Road Wildfire was 100% contained after burning 15,300 acres in Ocean County, NJ, officials said on May 12, 2025.

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

A massive forest fire that burned 15,300 acres of New Jersey Pinelands in Ocean County was finally declared 100% contained Monday, nearly three weeks after it started.

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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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 ...

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.