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

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

A defense attorney argued that his 19-year-old client did not deliberately set the blaze that consumed 15,000 acres of ...

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

The crash of a dirt bike in the Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area helped investigators unravel details of where, and how ...

On Thursday, authorities announced they had arrested 19-year-old Joseph Kling, of Waretown ... shut down the Garden State Parkway and Route 9, and plunged the area into darkness when Jersey ...

The wildfire quickly spread across 12,000 acres Tuesday, temporarily shutting down a 17-mile stretch of the Garden State Parkway ... with his parents in the Waretown section of Ocean Township ...

The massive wildfire burning deep in southern Ocean County offered some reminders for local residents. Life at the Jersey Shore isn’t just about sun and sand – it’s also about preparing for the real ...

As reported by FOX Weather, the Garden State Parkway was closed in both directions between Exits 69 (Waretown) and 74 (Forked River), although in the afternoon the closure extended to Exit 63. Images ...