The Ocean County Fire Marshal’s Office officially launched its latest Fire 1 training class last night, welcoming 35 new ...

Wall Township, NJ – A brush fire that broke out Friday afternoon near State Highway 34 South and the Garden State Parkway has been fully extinguished, officials said. The blaze, which ignited in a ...

The Boston Bruins are heading outdoors once again in 2026, with the Original Six franchise set to take on the Lightning at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 1. And for the occasion, Boston ...

A New Jersey man who claimed to have tried to save his elderly neighbor by running inside her burning home has been charged with her murder five months later. William Ahle, 70, was arrested on ...

A potential move of the Forest Service staff from Washington to Salt Lake City caused a stir at a recent meeting of Western lawmakers. Its senior ranks already thinned by the Trump administration, the ...

During a season of family gatherings and festivities, one family in Orange, New Jersey, is left grieving after tragedy struck on Thanksgiving Day. After his daughters Frantzia Fleury and Pojanee “PJ” ...

Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth ...

Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Chief Brian Fennessy will retire on January 2, 2026, to become the inaugural Director of the newly established United States Wildland Fire Service (USWFS). The new ...

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correct a typo in the headline. Federal legislators are raising concerns that cuts to the U.S. Forest Service staffing under President Donald Trump’s ...

A man who used to be the former chief of a volunteer fire company in Ocean County, New Jersey, was arrested and is facing charges after allegedly forcing firefighters into non-consensual sexual ...

Two parents were killed and at least 72 more people displaced when a fire ripped through a New Jersey apartment building early Sunday morning, authorities said. The blaze in Plainfield started around ...

PLAINFIELD, New Jersey (WABC) -- A New Jersey community is in mourning after a fire erupted early Sunday morning, killing two parents, according to officials. A wall of fire shot out of an apartment ...