The NJ Forest Fire Service warned residents around the Jones Road Wildfire area about a scam in which door-to-door “salesmen” offer a program to eliminate the smell of smoke from their home.
Joseph Kling, 19, can return to his Waretown home before trial. He and a juvenile are accused of setting a fire that has burned 24 square acres in Ocean County.
The fire has burned through nearly 24 sq. miles (15,250 acres) and is 60% contained as of Friday morning, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.
The wildfire is already the largest wildfire in New Jersey this year at 13.2 square miles (8,500 acres) burned but only 10% contained as of Wednesday morning.