The Pine Barrens fire has forced the evacuation of about 3,000 people. When will Garden State Parkway reopen? The Garden State Parkway was shut down around 5 p.m. on Tuesday between Exits 63 and ...

A wildfire exploding in size near the New Jersey shore caused officials to order some 3,000 to evacuate and close a miles-long stretch of the state's busiest highway as dark smoke poured into the ...

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced thousands of people to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway. The Garden State Parkway ...

A wildfire near the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County started Tuesday and continued to burn Wednesday. Peak wildfire season in New Jersey runs through mid-May. A massive wildfire in Ocean ...

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Jones Road Fire burning near Barnegat, New Jersey had consumed 1,200 acres and was uncontrolled. Part of the Garden State Parkway is closed near Waretown.

Acting New Jersey Gov. Tahesha Way declared a state of emergency for Ocean County due to the wildfire Wednesday morning. “At this time, we have no loss of life and no homes have been harmed ...

A forest fire in southern New Jersey that has shut a stretch of one of the state’s biggest thoroughfares is yet to be contained, sparking evacuations and threatening to snarl commuters.

LACEY, NJ – Firefighters have made progress containing a massive wildfire burning in central New Jersey that threatened to become the largest blaze in the state in nearly 20 years, officials said.

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced thousands of people to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway. The Garden State Parkway ...

The fire comes as New Jersey is under an official drought warning, with “well-below average precipitation throughout the winter,” the state said in a news release last month.