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Second person charged with setting Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey
Authorities said a 17-year-old helped 19-year-old Joseph Kling set the fire that burned thousands of acres in Lacey and Ocean ...
NJ man accused of starting Pine Barrens fire blamed ‘Mexicans’
The New Jersey man charged with sparking a wildfire that ravaged parts of Ocean County attempted to deny responsibility, blaming it instead on two “Mexicans” he could not name, police ...
South Jersey man accused of starting a 15,300-acre wildfire is released with an ankle monitor
Authorities say Joseph Kling, 19, deliberately started the fire by soaking wooden pallets in gasoline and setting them aflame ...
Smoke burning from Ocean County, New Jersey, wildfire visible on radar
As a massive wildfire continues to burn in Ocean County, New Jersey, radar imagery is capturing the intense heat and smoke ...
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 ...
Smoke advisory issued for Ocean County, wildfire area got ‘trace’ of rain, officials say
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service issued a smoke advisory for Ocean County on Saturday as the Jones Road wildfire continues ...
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. Prosecutors said Friday that a ...
2nd teen charged with arson for New Jersey wildfire: Prosecutor
The second suspect -- an unidentified 17-year-old boy -- was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with arson and ...
17-year-old charged with arson in connection with New Jersey wildfire
A 17-year-old boy is accused of helping start a massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, that burned thousands of acres ...
Teen charged with starting massive wildfire in Ocean County, NJ
Joseph Kling, 19, of Ocean Township, New Jersey, is charged with aggravated arson and arson in connection to the massive ...
New Jersey’s biggest fire in more than a decade started in long known party area
For years, the vast Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area that caught fire recently had been abused by off-road-vehicle ...