Japan wildfire: Thousands evacuated amid biggest blaze in decades
Sunday, 2 March 2025 Thousands of residents have been evacuated from the northern Japan city of Ofunato due to the country’s largest wildfire in over 30 years. The fire, which started on Wednesday, has burned 1,800 hectares, claimed one life, and damaged over 80 buildings, with efforts ongoing to control the blaze.
Wet weather brings some relief to northern Japan which is battling its worst wildfire in half a century in a region hit by record-low rainfall. The blaze around the northern city of Ofunato in the Iwate region has raged for more than a week, killing one person and forcing nearly 4,000 residents to...
Wet weather brings some relief to northern Japan, battling its worst wildfire in half a century, in a region that had been experiencing record-low rainfall. The blaze around the northern city of..
Sunday, 2 March 2025
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