A 19-year-old man faces arson charges related to the wildfire in Ocean County, N.J.​ that has scorched more than 15,000 acres.

A 19-year-old faces arson charges in connection to a southern New Jersey wildfire that has scorched at least 15,000 acres and prompted thousands of evacuations, officials said.

The Waretown man lit pallets on fire in the woods and failed to fully extinguish them before he left, authorities said.