Forecasters are warning of low humidity and gusty wind increased the risk fire could spread across parts of New Jersey, ...

Authorities say a man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, sparking a ...

There is an increased risk for rapid fire spread this afternoon across portions of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.” ...

If you think of New Jersey as highways and crowded beaches, prepare to be astonished. Tucked away in the heart of the state ...

The fire in the Pine Barrens led to the evacuation ... Hilary Howard A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey had spread to 12,500 acres of the heavily forested ...

Though large tracts of the Pine Barrens are uninhabited, New Jersey is the nation's most densely populated state and officials have warned the fire could threaten developments nearby. Video ...

The unnamed blaze was first reported shortly after 10 a.m. local time and has since spread in the Pine Barrens area of southern Ocean County, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.

PINE BARRENS — A fast-moving wildfire in the ... State Parkway to be shut down between exits 63 and 80, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said in a statement. Embers from the fire, which ...

Olson said the prolonged drought in New Jersey heightens the Pine Barrens's tendency to invite fire. "Since things have been so bone dry, we're going into the peak season with fuels that are ...

The fire service said "numerous ... rural coastal ecosystem known as the Pine Barrens, one of the largest protected land areas on the U.S. East Coast. New Jersey had been under an official ...