NEWARK, N.J. -- A fire at an abandoned home spread to neighboring houses overnight and displaced over a dozen families in New Jersey. The fire in Newark started just before midnight Saturday.

Schofield mine in Jefferson, NJ on Thursday, January 9, 2025Get Photo Timothy Rack of the Morris County Park Commission at the Dodge abandoned mine in Jefferson, NJ on Thursday, January 9 ...

No vehicles crashed and no one was injured when the remains of the long-abandoned mine crumbled. But, for many, the sinkhole provided a sudden, alarming awareness that New Jersey is home to long ...