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The Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, N.J. is still burning, despite hopes the weekend rain might bring it under control​.
The fire first broke out around 10 a.m. on Tuesday at the Greenwood ... thousands of people living near the fire zone in several Ocean County towns Wednesday morning, Acting Gov.
A stretch of the Garden State Parkway remains closed. The fire prompted evacuations in numerous neighborhoods after the fire ...
The Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey is now considered ... Township and then left the area without fully putting out the fire. He was taken into custody and transported to Ocean ...
Crews are crediting the half-inch of rain that fell over the southern region of the fire over the weekend. More passing rain ...
Phil Murphy out of the state (and the country), acting Gov. Tahesha Way declared a State of Emergency April 23 for Ocean County via executive order. “Yesterday, our State Forest Fire Service ...
The Jones Road wildfire in Ocean County is now 80% contained, fire officials said Thursday morning. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says the fire has consumed 15,300 acres since it broke out on ...
The New Jersey man facing arson charges in the Jones Road Wildfire appeared in court Friday in Ocean County. Joseph Kling faced a detention hearing to determine whether he will be eligible for bail ...
Prosecutors say that Kling picked up 10 to 20 wooden pallets from a recycling center and drove them into the woods, and used gasoline on two pallets to start the fire, and then eventually the rest of ...
Firefighters continue working on the massive Ocean County wildfire which began Tuesday morning and consumed more than 13,000 acres. Flames grew rapidly before thousands were forced out of their ...
A business in an industrial complex has been destroyed, but no homes in Ocean County have suffered damage as a result of a large wildfire that broke out on Tuesday. Liberty Door & Awning on Old Shore ...
A Waretown man accused of starting a wildfire that destroyed 15,300 acres in southern Ocean County was released from jail on ...