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Winds increase risk of fire spread as NJ blaze grows to 15K acres
The New Jersey wildfire continues to grow as low humidity and wind gusts may increase the risk for rapid fire spread across ...
New Jersey man charged with starting massive, half-contained wildfire in Ocean County
Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, has been charged with arson after starting a bonfire that sparked a 15,000 acre wildfire that ...
Forecasters warn of fire risk amid low humidity, wind gusts as NJ wildfire burns
Forecasters are warning of low humidity and gusty wind increased the risk fire could spread across parts of New Jersey, ...
New Jersey wildfire explodes to 13,250 acres, could be largest in nearly 20 years
The Jones Road fire is the largest wildfire in New Jersey since June 2022 when the Mullica River Fire scorched 13,500 acres ...
Live updates: Arson charges against teen as wildfire continues to burn in NJ
The Ocean County, New Jersey, Jones Road Wildfire has burned thousands of acres, at one point forced thousands of evacuations ...
Teenager arrested in connection with fast-growing New Jersey wildfire
The fire erupted on April 22 in Waretown — an unincorporated community on the Jersey Shore — and rapidly spread throughout ...
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Why did he do it? NJ wildfire suspect, seen in old bonfire video, faces heat of justice
Prosecutors say Joseph Kling, 19, of the Waretown section of Ocean Township, definitely started a bonfire. And that bonfire ...