19-year-old charged as bonfire triggers 15,000-acre wildfire in US

A 19-year-old man from US' New Jersey has been charged with igniting a major wildfire that forced mass evacuations and burnt around 15,000 acres of land. The man, identified as Joseph Kling, was accused of setting fire to wooden crates before leaving the premises without properly extinguishing the blaze. Around 5,000 residents had been evacuated due to the wildfire.