A 19-year-old Waretown man is facing charges related to the fire. Joseph Kling was charged with arson and aggravated arson. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office says Kling set a bonfire using wooden ...

Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, has been charged with arson after starting a bonfire that sparked a 15,000 acre wildfire that ...

Kling was accused of starting the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, which has burned around 15,000 acres.

Officials in Ocean County were confident that the 19-year-old arrested Wednesday set the initial fire that became the Jones ...

A 19-year-old has been charged with aggravated arson for allegedly setting a bonfire and leaving the area without properly extinguishing it, causing the more than 10,000-acre Jones Road fire in New ...

No one has been injured, but three buildings in Lacey caught fire, with one destroyed. As of Wednesday night, eight ...