Joseph Kling, 19, was charged with arson and aggravated arson in connection with the wildfire that started in Waretown (Ocean County’s Ocean Township) on Tuesday, according to law enforcement and state officials.

A 19-year-old man was charged with arson after he failed to properly extinguish a bonfire he had, causing a massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey. So far more than 15,000 acres have burned and thousands of people have been evacuated after the fire erupted Tuesday afternoon at the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area in

A 19-year-old was accused of lighting a bonfire and leaving before it was extinguished, sparking one of the largest blazes in the state in decades.