BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A fast-moving wildfire was burning in New Jersey's Pine Barrens, but officials on Wednesday lifted earlier evacuation orders and a stretch of a major highway that was closed ...

Ryan Hughes joined CBS News Philadelphia in June 2022. He previously worked at WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he's covered stories ranging from weeks on the Surfside condo collapse, to the ...

Heavy flames scorched a wooded area in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, on Tuesday and threatened a half dozen homes. Firefighters battled the wildfire in Hamilton Township for hours, and much of the ...

A wildfire burning in New Jersey's Wharton State Forest is now 80% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Sunday afternoon. The Mines Spung Wildfire in Shamong Township was first spotted ...

A wildfire in New Jersey has burned over 8,000 acres and remains uncontained, as the central and southern regions of the state face high fire danger ratings. Thousands are without power or have been ...

New Jersey has a million acres filled with towering pitch pines. It’s springtime and the trees stand straight, bare and bonelike, above a carpet of winter needles that worry state fire service ...

More than a dozen kayakers, including 10 teenagers and four adults, were rescued after being stranded along the Batsto River ...

Emergency officials in New Jersey confirmed that firefighters have contained 60% of the state's wildfire in the Wharton State Forest on Saturday. The Mines Spung Wildfire, first reported by a private ...

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has deployed a specialized task force to the Texas Panhandle to assist with wildfire efforts as the state faces widespread fire activity. The 10-person crew is ...