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

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

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

A Waretown man accused of starting a wildfire that destroyed 15,300 acres in southern Ocean County was released from jail on ...

The New Jersey man facing arson charges in the Jones Road Wildfire appeared in court Friday in Ocean County. Joseph Kling ...

Joseph Kling, accused of setting the Jones Road wildfire, is also facing charges stemming from a large fight in Lacey woods in January.

The only adult to be charged with arson in the massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, is expected to soon be out of jail as he awaits trial.

Joseph Kling, 19, and his 17-year-old co-defendant both allegedly lied to cops when they were interviewed about the Ocean ...

Crews are crediting the half-inch of rain that fell over the southern region of the fire over the weekend. More passing rain on Monday may also help containment efforts, officials added.

A second teenager is accused of sparking the massive wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens.

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