Firefighters in New Jersey are reporting “substantial progress” in battling a wildfire that is threatening dozens of structures, one of a number of forest fires they are fighting in the state. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Forest Fire Service said Saturday afternoon that the fire in the Pompton Lakes area of Passaic County had been 50% contained.

Frightening moments for families in one part of the Jersey pines, as a wildfire rages throughout 300 acres. “The leaves and just the wind- oh my God, the wind was just blowing the smoke and the leaves around so much,

A New Jersey man has been charged with arson in connection with a wildfire that spread to 350 acres that authorities said was sparked by an incendiary shotgun round.