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 ...

Though large tracts of the Pine Barrens are uninhabited, New Jersey is the nation’s most densely populated state and officials have warned the fire could threaten developments nearby.

The sparing of local residents and homes in this fire was no happy accident. Land use in this area of the state has long been ...

Firefighters are making progress with the wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern Ocean County. Some 50% of the fire has been contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Wednesday ...

The New Jersey man charged with sparking a wildfire that ravaged parts of the Pine Barrens in Ocean County ... after the Cedar Bridge Fire Tower reported a large column of smoke in the area ...

Wildfire in New Jersey Pine Barrens Expected to Grow Before It's ... though it's expected to grow before forecast rain later this week. The fire in southern New Jersey's Lacey and Ocean townships ...

Second Person Charged With Arson in New Jersey Pine Barrens Fire A second person has been charged with arson in the wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens that has grown into the state’s second ...

WASHINGTON — A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey's Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting the ...

New Jersey faced an increased risk of more wildfires Friday, just as the massive Pine Barrens blaze was finally 60% contained, having burned through an area about as big as Newark. Temperatures of ...

The fire in southern New Jersey's Lacey and Ocean townships grew ... Forest fires are a common occurrence in the Pine Barrens, a 1.1 million-acre (445,000-hectare) state and federally protected ...

The fire in southern New Jersey’s Lacey and Ocean townships ... Forest fires are a common occurrence in the Pine Barrens, a 1.1 million-acre (445,000-hectare) state and federally protected ...