The suspect accused of starting the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County appeared virtually in court on Tuesday, April 29 one week after he allegedly failed to put out a bonfire.

Officials say that as of Monday at noon, the fire has consumed 15,300 acres of land in the six days that it has been burning.

Police say a bonfire started by teens caused the wildfire that devastated thousands of acres of woodland in New Jersey.

Joseph Kling, the N.J. man facing arson charges in the Jones Road Wildfire, remains in custody in Ocean County.

A Waretown man charged with arson in the wildfire that has destroyed more than 15,000 acres in southern Ocean County is ...