A 14-year-old boy faces arson charges for allegedly starting a wildfire in New Jersey amid drought conditions in the region, police said. The forest fire ignited on Oct. 30 in Evesham Township and ...

Months of unusually dry weather and a burst of forest fires have slowed efforts to complete one of New Jersey's most important wildfire prevention tasks: prescribed burns. Officials with the New ...

The spring wildfire season is here, reports the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, which considers the peak of the season to run from mid-March to mid-May, when trees and underbrush ...