A New Jersey wildfire began on Tuesday, forcing thousands to evacuate and a major highway to close in the area. On Thursday, Waretown resident Joseph Kling, 19, was charged with aggravated arson ...

A 19-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with a massive wildfire that torched thousands of acres of woodland in Ocean County.

News Nation Man charged with arson after authorities say he sparked New Jersey Pine Barrens fire A 19-year-old man faces aggravated arson and arson charges in the southern New Jersey wildfire.

A second teenager has been arrested for arson in connection with a New Jersey wildfire, officials said.

Teenager charged with arson in New Jersey wildfire A 19-year-old is facing charges after he allegedly set a bonfire and walked away leaving it to burn, causing the massive Jones Road Fire.

OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. — Police have arrested a 19-year-old man on arson charges for allegedly starting a fire that turned into a massive wildfire. Joseph Kling, 19, from Waretown, New Jersey, is ...

A man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey's Pine Barrens, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting the air quality in the New York City area ...

April 24, 2025 Ocean County man charged with arson for allegedly starting New Jersey wildfire The blaze, allegedly set by Joseph Kling, 19, has grown to 15,000 acres and destroyed a commercial ...