A second teenager is accused of sparking the large wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens.
A 17 year-old boy was charged with aggravated arson and hindering apprehension Wednesday for serving to to ignite the hearth that has burned greater than 15,000 acres, in line with the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Workplace.
He isn’t being recognized as a result of he’s a minor.
Police say the teenager helped Joseph Kling, 19, set picket pallets on hearth and that he lied to police about how the hearth began.
