Man loaded with fire fire in the vast New Jersey Wildfire

An undeveloped fire of joy was the cause of one of the The biggest New Jersey forest fires For almost 20 years, officials announced Thursday and a 19 -year -old was accused of having triggered the fire.

Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, in the canton of Ocean, was accused of criminal fire and aggravated criminal fire in connection with the fire.

Mr. Kling, who had left unattended joy fire in the wild zone of Forked River Mountain, in the County of Ocean, was placed in police custody at the Waretown police seat and is now in Ocean County prison.

The forest fire, which was spotted for the first time at the top of a touch of fire in Cedar Bridge on Tuesday morning, quickly increased from around 20 to 15,000 acres over three days, closing a walk, destroying a commercial building and affecting air quality From the Pinelands region, in the south of New Jersey, in New York. It is contained at around 50%, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.

In the United States, almost 85% of forest fires caused by peopleAccording to the United States Forest Service. Risky human activities include unattended camp fires, burning debris or thrown cigarettes. The abnormally dry conditions in the southern part of New Jersey have provided a lot of fuel to the fire of joy unattended to spread quickly, officials said.