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HTML
<button id="btn-foo">Add</button>
<hr>
<div id="renderer">
<div id="fields_1" class="items"><span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</span></div>
</div>
JavaScript
$('#btn-foo').on('click', function() {
var lastItem = $('#renderer .items:last'),
lastID = parseInt(lastItem.attr('id').replace('fields_', ''));
$('#renderer').append(lastItem.clone().attr('id', "fields_" + (lastID + 1)));
});