A 19-year-old man was charged with arson after he failed to properly extinguish a bonfire, causing a massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey.

So far, more than 15,000 acres have burned, and thousands of people have been evacuated after the fire erupted Tuesday afternoon at the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area in Barnegat Township, New Jersey, according to NBC 10 Philadelphia. The residents have since been permitted to return home.