A Galloway man is in hot water after starting a fire in a wooded are late last month.

Galloway police say Timothy Clavijo, 18, has been arrested and charged with setting a fire March 29th that burned approximately a quarter of an acre of land near 2nd Avenue and Route 30. In the area were several motels and a cell phone tower.

Clavijo has been charged with Aggravated Arson,  and is being held on $75,000 bail.

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