The National Weather Service is warning of “an increased risk” for rapid wildfire spread across New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania as Ocean County’s Jones Road Fire remains only partially contained.

Click here for the latest update on the New Jersey wildfire for Thursday, April 24. LACEY, NJ – Firefighters have made progress containing a massive wildfire burning in central New Jersey that threatened to become the largest blaze in the state in nearly 20 years,

The Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, N.J. is approximately 50% contained after burning through 13,250 acres.

A New Jersey man was arrested in connection with sparking the 15,250-acre fire that has burned for several days in Ocean County, just miles from the Jersey Shore. Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, has been charged with arson and aggravated arson,

The Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, N.J. is now considered a case of arson sparked by an unattended bonfire, authorities say.