Officials ruled the deaths of a woman and man who were found inside a home following a fire in Washington Township, NJ, a murder-suicide.

A fiery explosion over the weekend at a home in New Jersey, which left two people dead, was “not accidental,” according to authorities.

The Jones Road wildfire in Ocean County is 100% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service announced Monday.

A former fire chief from West Deptford was recently arrested and charged with having more than 100,000 images of child sexual abuse material, authorities said.Martin Matson, 70, is charged with three counts of possessing child

Wildfire images from the U.S. state of New Jersey were shared online in posts suggesting that wildfires in Israel in April were a divine punishment.

The Jones Road Wildfire was 100% contained after burning 15,300 acres in Ocean County, NJ, officials said on May 12, 2025.

Police pulled two bodies from the rubble of a New Jersey house that erupted in flames early Sunday. Officers responded to the home in Gloucester County around 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Two bodies were pulled from the wreckage caused by what police said is an “intense fire,” NBC 10 Philadelphia reports.

The bodies of a man and a woman were removed from the scene after what neighbors said was a house explosion in Washington Township.