A wildfire burning in New Jersey's Wharton State Forest, named the Mines Spung Wildfire, has burned to about 5,750 acres as of Sunday, June 15.

The Mines Spung wildfire inside Wharton State Forest in Shamong Township is around 80% contained but is still threatening some structures, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.

The 5,750-acre Mines Spung Fire, as state officials have named it, was first spotted Friday morning by a private aircraft flying over the area in Shamong Township. It resulted in multiple road ...

Fire engines, helicopters and ground crews were being used to try to contain the blaze, which has been dubbed the Mines ...

Despite the weekend rain the fire has consumed 5,750 acres and is 80% contained as of the last update at noon on Sunday.

JoAnn Zavodnick, of Somerset, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. She was 71. Born in Newark, NJ ...

A pair of 18-year-olds has been accused of starting a fire by shooting a flare gun into a house in Ocean County.

County prepared for an emergency, such as the fire that occurred in April in Ocean County? County officials say "yes," but ...

For the first time, Republican voters in New Jersey are going to the polls in a primary contest in which there are no so-called county lines.

Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, was charged with aggravated ... The blaze was declared 100% contained on May 12, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The cause of the fire was ...