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 ...

In the latest news concerning the giant wildfire in Ocean County, the teen accused, Joseph Kling (19), will be released from ...

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 ...

Crews are crediting the half-inch of rain that fell over the southern region of the fire over the weekend. More passing rain on Monday may also help containment efforts, officials added.

Authorities say Joseph Kling, 19, deliberately started the fire by soaking wooden pallets in gasoline and setting them aflame ...

Authorities allege that Joseph Kling and a juvenile started a bonfire using wooden pallets and gasoline, leading to the ...

Kling is charged with igniting flames that by Tuesday morning grew to the point that a spotter in the Cedar Bridge Fire Tower ...

Joseph Kling, 19, can return to his Waretown home before trial. He and a juvenile are accused of setting a fire that has ...

The only adult to be charged with arson in the massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, is expected to soon be out of ...

A judge said the extraordinary nature of the case, involving one of the largest wildfires in the state in decades, warranted ...