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 ...

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.

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 ...