The 19-year-old accused of setting a bonfire that ballooned into the still-burning, 15,000-acre Jones Road Wildfire was intentional with his actions, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said Thursday.

Police in New Jersey have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with sparking a massive wildfire that led to evacuations and power outages. Joseph Kling is accused of starting the Jones Road Wildfire, which has grown to more than 15,000 acres and blanketed parts of the region in smoke.

A 19-year-old faces arson charges in connection to a southern New Jersey wildfire that has scorched at least 15,000 acres and prompted thousands of evacuations, officials said.

A wildfire burning in a rugged, wooded area of Nebraska grew to more than 6,600 acres but hundreds of firefighters have managed to contain the blaze.

Click here for the latest update on the New Jersey wildfire for Thursday, April 24. LACEY, NJ – Firefighters have made progress containing a massive wildfire burning in central New Jersey that threatened to become the largest blaze in the state in nearly 20 years,