WARETOWN - Two teenagers charged with setting a wildfire that consumed more than 15,000 acres across Ocean County lied to police, falsely telling them that Mexicans started the blaze, an assistant prosecutor revealed in court Friday.

The second teenage boy was arrested Thursday night in connection with the Jones Road wildfire, first spotted about 9:45 a.m. on April 22, when the Cedar Bridge Fire Tower located a column of smoke coming from the area of Jones Road and Bryant Road in Waretown.