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 fire at an industrial building sent large plumes of black smoke into the air which could be seen from Manhattan.

The woman had run back inside to try and rescue her dog during a Sunday fire in Paterson, but never made it back out, officials said.

Two brothers who shared an apartment on the third floor died because of the fire, according to their niece.

The house on Weatherby Avenue in Clarksboro was fully engulfed in flames just before 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Arson investigators are looking into the circumstances of a fire that killed an 80-year-old resident of a high-rise for senior citizens.

Daniela Marquez, 8, Paola Marquez, age 10 along with their friend Elizabeth Correas, 11 along with Candida Martinez-Del Reyes died in the fast moving fire.

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.