Posted on 04/24/2025 7:18:48 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A 19-year-old man has been charged with arson for allegedly sparking the massive wildfire in the New Jersey Pine Barrens that has torched 15,000 acres, prosecutors said.
Joseph Kling, of Ocean Township, allegedly started a bonfire in the vast Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area with wooden pallets that exploded out of control when he did not properly put it out, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
Kling was taken into custody at Ocean Township police headquarters and taken to the Ocean County Jail, where he is awaiting his detention hearing.
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Thanks to this upstanding citizen I was under mandatory evacuation . I live in Ocean County. Fire is still burning. Tuesday was a sh** show here. If any of you are on Facebook. We have a local pages. One is exit 74 scanner news. For those out of area, you can see lots of video and pictures.
Stay safe!
The article should read: “ New Jersey receives much needed facelift as a result of forest fire.”
You have no idea what you are talking about. South New Jersey is what earned the state its official nickname, "The Garden State." Driving through farmlands and that vast pine forest get to to the seashore resorts instead of using the superhighways was one of the greatest pleasures of my Jersey shore vacations when I lived in Philly.
get to to the seashore - to get to the seashore /sp
If the charge is arson, does that mean intentional?
Now, a second person (age 17) has been charged, too:
https://www.fox29.com/news/second-teen-charged-new-jersey-wildfire-burned-over-15000-acres
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