fires

Candles, menorahs, incense and oil burners are one of the most common causes of fire within homes during the holiday season, according to Toms River chief fire inspector Kevin Esposito.

Within 150 seconds, a little spark in a makeshift living room, decorated for the holidays, turned into a 1,200-degree raging inferno.

The head of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service says even a small out- of-control fire in the Garden State could become "catastrophic” because we’re so densely populated.

Smoke from the west coast forest fires has reached the East Coast causing cloudy and hazy skies over New Jersey.

It happens when a container of flammable liquid with a long neck is poured out near a flame source, and the vapors built up inside the neck ignite in a streak of fire that can reach 10 to 12 feet long.

New Jersey medical professionals say they are already noticing more cases of mishaps involving fireworks than usual, even before the July 4th holiday weekend.

The fireworks going off nightly aren't the same ones legalized by the state in 2017.

They’re wearing masks and practicing social distancing but in emergencies they do what’s necessary to save lives.

A national program to raise awareness of fire hazard protection in wooded and forested areas continues to gain traction after those huge blazes in California and Australia.

The fire erupted at 15th Street in the Silverton section and quickly spread to four neighboring houses because of high winds.