Fire

Questions have been raised about whether smoke detectors were a factor in last week's South Plainfield fire tragedy.

Join me this Wednesday night at The Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch for The West End Fire Relief Fundraiser for the victims of that devastating 5 alarm fire that took place two weeks ago in the West End section of Long Branch.

A fast-burning fire destroyed half of a South Plainfield duplex home early Thursday, killing five members of a family and injuring four others, authorities said. Relatives and neighbors said the dead included several children.

After a fire in the West End section of Long Branch decimated several residential and commercial buildings, the question is what will be the future of property both for residents and visitors?

Authorities say two firefighters and a resident sustained injuries in house fire in Gloucester County Tuesday.

Authorities say a fast-moving fire destroyed a barn owned by a noted New Jersey equestrian family, killing 22 show horses worth tens of thousands of dollars each.

Authorities say the construction site of a private boarding school near Trenton went up in flames.

Officials are trying to determine what sparked a fire that tore through five apartment buildings and left dozens homeless in northern New Jersey Thursday.

A 7-year-old Brooklyn boy died in one of two late-night fires that sent 10 other people to hospitals suffering from smoke inhalation. Police say the child, Joel Smith, died in the blaze reported at 1:22 a.m. Sunday at an apartment building in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood...

Officials in Ocean City and several other Jersey towns are considering a new approach to save money for local taxpayers - cut the number of full-time firefighters, and hire more EMTs.