Investigators, who did not identify the teenager, now 18, said they believed she had been sexually abused by her stepfather.

The Jones Road Wildfire was the second largest in the last 20 years, spreading a total of 15,350 acres, according to the New ...

A second teenager is accused of sparking the massive wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens. A 17 year-old boy was charged with aggravated arson and hindering apprehension Wednesday for helping ...

New Jersey Forest Fire Service fire crews work to extinguish the Jones Road Fire near Lacey Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, on April 23, 2025. Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images So far ...

The fire has spread 15,300 acres across Waretown and Lacey Township, but is 60 percent contained now, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Four structures remain threatened.

He recalled a 2024 wildfire near the New Jersey-New York border ... and for evacuating people to safety. Between Waretown and Lacey Township, there were about 7,000 people who were ordered to leave ...

Here's what we know: A wildfire burns in the Pinelands Forest northwest of Wells Mills Park in Ocean Township, New Jersey, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. The wildfires in New Jersey spread to Lacey ...

Court records show Kling pleaded guilty in Lacey ... New Jersey State Fire Marshal’s Office plotted the origin of the fire via GPS, officials said. Kling was taken into custody at Ocean Township ...

The blaze could become the largest in New Jersey in about 20 years, LaTourette said during a news conference. A fire in May 2007 in the same area consumed 17,000 acres. In Lacey Township ...

New Jersey officials said it ... Forest Wildlife Management Area. This fire extended from Wheatland in Manchester Township to Bamber Lake in Lacey Township, southeast to Wells Mills in Ocean ...

Lacey Township Mayor Peter Curatolo says, all things considered, it could've been much worse. "It's a real silver lining. We didn't lose any life. We didn't lose any homes. It's because our fire ...