Authorities are also investigating whether the Oct. 30 fire is connected to a Nov. 7 fire that consumed 375 acres.

Apparently, the teen now in custody may be responsible for yet another fire that devastated even more forest. Law enforcement investigators are currently looking into a potential link between the Evesham Township fire and a larger wildfire that scorched 375 acres in the same area that broke out on the same exact day the teen got arrested.

Through an investigation into how the fire started, police say they discovered that the fire had been intentionally set by a teenager.

A 14-year-old boy is being held responsible for at least one of several wildfires that have recently erupted in South Jersey.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says the fire is in Evesham and Voorhees townships on the border of Burlington and Camden counties.

Wildfires also kept firefighters busy in in Passaic County in North Jersey and Orange County, New York, where an outbreak spanned the two states. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service on Monday morning reported about rainfall of approximately a quarter inch fell overnight fell into that area. Crews were back in the area.

A teen was arrested for arson in connection with a wildfire in Burlington County, New Jersey that broke out a day before Halloween, the Evesham Police announced in an update on Wednesday.According to the release from police,

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with deliberately setting a fire late last month that spread across 52 acres of Evesham Township, Burlington County.

A 14-year-old from New Jersey has been charged with arson for allegedly setting a fire that burned 52 acres of land and threatened homes in Evesham.

A teen boy is accused of intentionally starting a wildfire that burned through more than 50 acres in Evesham Township, New Jersey last month.