A 14-year-old boy faces arson expenses for allegedly beginning a wildfire in New Jersey amid drought circumstances within the area, police mentioned.
The forest hearth ignited on Oct. 30 in Evesham Township and burned for a number of days, police mentioned. The hearth consumed 52 acres although no buildings have been broken, police mentioned.
New Jersey hearth crews reply to a wildfire in Evesham Township, New Jersey, that began on Oct. 30, 2024.
New Jersey Forest Hearth Service
Authorities investigating the trigger and origin of the blaze “positioned proof that recognized this hearth as an arson,” the Evesham Township Police mentioned in a assertion on Wednesday.
New Jersey hearth crews reply to a wildfire in Evesham Township, New Jersey, that began on Oct. 30, 2024.
New Jersey Forest Hearth Service
Following an “in depth investigation,” the teenager — who resides in Marlton, inside Evesham Township — was recognized as a suspect, police mentioned.
The teenager, whose title has not been launched because of his age, was arrested on Nov. 7 and charged with aggravated arson and inflicting or risking widespread harm or harm, police mentioned. He was lodged within the Middlesex Juvenile Detention Heart pending his first look, police mentioned.
New Jersey hearth crews reply to a wildfire in Evesham Township, New Jersey, that began on Oct. 30, 2024.
New Jersey Forest Hearth Service
Police mentioned they’re additionally investigating whether or not a fireplace that ignited on Nov. 7, in the identical space because the Oct. 30 hearth, is related to this incident.
The Nov. 7 hearth burned for a number of days with 375 acres consumed, although no buildings have been broken, police mentioned.
The investigation into each fires is ongoing.
The Northeast has seen unusually excessive hearth hazard in latest weeks, together with crimson flag warnings, with little or no rain within the area. Fires have popped throughout New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, together with in parks inside New York Metropolis.
