A bedroom fire in the Greenbriar section of Waretown was quickly contained with no injuries reported, according to fire officials. The Waretown Fire Department was initially dispatched for a report of ...

As a major forest fire in Southern Ocean County continues to burn, authorities have charged a Waretown man with starting the blaze. Joseph Kling, 19, was arrested and charged with aggravated arson and ...

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette and Ocean Township Chief of Police Michal Rogalski announced that on ...

WARETOWN -- A second teenage boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the Jones Road wildfire that has consumed more than 15,000 acres across Ocean County, authorities said. The ...

A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a massive New Jersey wildfire that has consumed at least 15,200 acres and continued to burn Thursday afternoon, authorities said. In a ...

WARETOWN - The Jones Road Wildfire that has blazed across parts of Ocean County is more than half contained as of Friday morning, authorities said. The fire has spread 15,300 acres across Waretown and ...

TOMS RIVER - An Ocean Township man has been charged with aggravated arson in connection with the wildfire that has spread throughout Southern Ocean County, authorities said. Joseph Kling, 19, was ...

WARETOWN — One of the worst wildfires in New Jersey’s history may continue to burn until rain drenches the area, likely on Friday night or Saturday, said New Jersey Forest Fire Service Chief Bill ...