The Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey is now believed to be a case of arson caused by a bonfire, state and county authorities say. New Jersey Forest Fire Service officials say this could end up being the largest wildfire the state has seen in two decades.

Joseph Kling, 19, was charged with aggravated arson and arson in connection with the wildfire that started in Waretown on Tuesday, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette and Ocean Township Chief of Police Michal Rogalski said.