A wildfire is raging in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea, the ROK military announced Friday, with firefighting helicopters deployed to contain the blaze amid heightened activity by DPRK troops near the border.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Facebook that the “unidentified wildfire” broke out in Goseong County in Gangwon Province on the country’s east coast around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, with the Korea Forest Service sending two helicopters to put out the flames at 6:30 a.m. the following day.

NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System shows that the fire was still