Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, N.J., faces arson charges for setting a bonfire using wooden pallets and leaving it without fully extinguishing the blaze.

The Jones Road fire in New Jersey has scorched over 15,000 acres of land. Check back for the latest update on the wildfire ...

A New Jersey man was arrested in connection with sparking the 15,250-acre fire that has burned for several days in Ocean ...

Joseph Kling, 19, was charged with arson and aggravated arson in connection with the wildfire that started in Waretown (Ocean ...

A 19-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with a massive wildfire that torched thousands of acres of woodland in Ocean County.

A New Jersey man was arrested in connection with sparking the 15,000-acre fire that has burned for three days straight in Ocean County, just miles from the Jersey Shore.

A suspect has been arrested and charged with sparking a massive wildfire in New Jersey that continued to burn Thursday across ...

The Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, N.J. is now considered a case of arson sparked by an unattended bonfire, authorities ...

The Jones Road Fire in New Jersey started Tuesday morning and has consumed more than 20 square miles. Thousands were forced ...

Officials also said during a Wednesday update that this could end up being the largest wildfire in New Jersey in 20 years.

The Waretown man lit pallets on fire in the woods and failed to fully extinguish them before he left, authorities said.