Firefighters are working to extinguish a wildfire burning in Vineland, New Jersey, as of Friday afternoon.The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said the wildfire burning in the Peaslee Wildlife Management Area in Cumberland County was spotted by the Belleplain Fire Tower just before 12:30 p.

A wildfire in the Peaslee Wildlife Management Area in Cumberland County has forced a road closure Friday afternoon as fire crews investigate, officials said. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service responded to the blaze in Vineland shortly before 2:30 p.m. The size of the wildfire was not immediately available.

A wildfire spanning 500 acres is burning unchecked in a remote section of Peaslee Wildlife Management Area in Vineland, officials said. As of Friday afternoon, April 18, the fire was 0% contained, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.