fires

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

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

Almost a year after a special legislative hearing, little if anything has been done to lower the risk of a potentially disastrous wildfire breaking out in the Pinelands.

Today is, "National Pet Fire Safety Awareness Day," to focus attention on keeping pets safe from fires in the home.

Fire crews who posted pictures during the Ocean Grove boardwalk were accused of being insensitive.

Forestry experts tell a special hearing in Trenton that more must be done to protect the Pinelands or else we face a potential catastrophe.

Fire fighters battled gusty winds to put out the flames in the homes at the corner of 54th and Landis Avenue in Sea Isle City.