As many as 3,000 people were forced to evacuate their neighborhoods Tuesday evening as a wildfire threatened homes in New Jersey and shut down part of the Garden State Parkway.The Jones Road Wildfire started around noon EDT Tuesday in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area in Ocean County.

(CNN) — A fast-moving wildfire in New Jersey expanded to 8,500 acres Tuesday afternoon, causing over 3,000 evacuations and threatening more than 1,300 structures while also closing a portion of the Garden State Parkway in the southern portion of the state.

A wildfire raging in Ocean County has shut down a 17-mile stretch of the Garden State Parkway. When could the highway reopen?