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.

The Ocean County, New Jersey, Jones Road Wildfire has burned thousands of acres, at one point forced thousands of evacuations, destroyed a business and closed some roads. A man faces arson charges.

A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting air quality in the New