So, yeah, tons of Warmists were blaming the fire on ‘climate change’, forgetting this is the Pine Barrens, which are a fire risk even when it is wet
Here’s the Ocean County prosecutors office
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette and Ocean Township Chief of Police Michal Rogalski announced that on April 23, 2025, Joseph Kling, 19, of Ocean Township (Waretown), was charged with Aggravated Arson and Arson in connection with a wildfire that started in Waretown on April 22, 2025, and continued to spread throughout the southern Ocean County area. (snip)
A thorough and extensive investigation conducted by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit-Arson Squad, New Jersey Forest Fire Service, Ocean County Fire Marshal’s Office, and New Jersey State Fire Marshal’s Office, plotted the origin of the fire via Global Positioning System (GPS). The cause of the fire was determined to be incendiary by an improperly extinguished bonfire.
Further investigation has revealed that Kling was the individual responsible for setting wooden pallets on fire – and then leaving the area without the fire being fully extinguished. Kling was taken into custody at Ocean Township (Waretown) Police Headquarters; he was thereafter transported to the Ocean County Jail, where he is presently lodged pending a detention hearing.
Sounds intentional. You don’t just light wooden pallets on fire and walk away unintentionally. I’d say 80% it was on purpose.
Fortunately, my parents were in no danger, and were able to be at home yesterday, with the intention to stay at a friend’s house on Long Beach Island, but, their power came back on late afternoon.
Global warming doesn’t ignite fires. People, lightning, autos, downed powerlines etc do. Warming obviously increases the conditions for fires to start and spread.
The white citizen who started this fire was a stupid, careless nincompoop, so probably conservative. Thank the gods no homes were destroyed or people badly injured.
I’ll admit, being Ocean County, it is possible they were a Republican. But, could be a Democrat. On drugs and walked away? Did it on purpose? You don’t mess around in the Pine Barrens. When I was in the Boy Scouts and we camped there the camp grounds had specific areas for fires, and, usually a big fire break around the areas, even way out on the trails.
He kind of looks like a Bernie bro, but who knows? Just as likely, from his picture, a complete incel, because what sighted girl would f him?