OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. — A second teen has been arrested and charged with arson, accused of helping set fire to the wooden pallets that Ocean County, New Jersey prosecutors say sparked the Jones Road Fire ...

The Jones Road Wildfire, which started last Tuesday in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, is on track to become the worst in state history. Fueled by gusty winds, low humidity, and dry undergrowth ...

It was, after all, the recent dearth of rain that contributed to the more than 15,000 acres that burned in Ocean County, a blaze that inched close to Top 10 status among New Jersey wildfires.

Donnelly, chief of the state Forest Fire Service, said the flare torched more than 17,000 acres. New Jersey recorded twice as many wildfires in 2025, to date As of Wednesday, Donnelly said there have ...

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More than 15,000 acres are burning in New Jersey as winds are expected to continue Thursday and smoke will hit the New York City area.

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That’s 52 times more acreage burned that in 2024, New Jersey Forest Fire Service chief Bill Donnelly said, when 310 wildfires caused 315 acres worth of damage this time last year. Local ...

In the days since, it has become one of the biggest wildfires New Jersey has seen in the past 20 years. The fire, so far, has engulfed some 15,000 acres, triggering the evacuation of thousands of ...

New Jersey. This prompted thousands of people to be forced to evacuate their homes and resulted in 15,000 acres already destroyed. “The past few summers we have had wildfires come and go ...

The wildfire scorching southern New Jersey ignited despite a series of downpours in recent weeks — and the region is ripe for more blazes. April’s rains didn’t soak into the ground enough to ...

One of the worst wildfires in New Jersey's history likely will continue to burn until rain hits the area later this week, fire officials said April 24. The impacts of the fire now have spread to ...