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 ...

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

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

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

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.

On Tuesday, June. 10, 2025, polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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.

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A smoky, fast-moving fire destroyed the top floor of a two-story home in Jersey City. Flames broke out at the home on Bergen Avenue on Sunday evening ...

Black smoke could be seen for miles as a fire burns in southern New Jersey on Sunday. The fire started around 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 1 near the area of 17th and Carman streets in Camden ...