The Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, N.J. is now considered a case of arson sparked by an unattended bonfire, authorities say.

Joseph Kling, 19, was charged with arson and aggravated arson in connection with the wildfire that started in Waretown (Ocean County’s Ocean Township) on Tuesday, according to law enforcement and state officials.

A New Jersey man was arrested in connection with sparking the 15,250-acre fire that has burned for several days in Ocean County, just miles from the Jersey Shore. Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, has been charged with arson and aggravated arson,