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Yokohama firefighters drop water from helicopter on blazes in Japan’s Ofunato
Yokohama City firefighters deploy to Japan's northeastern region to reinforce against raging fires in Ofunato. Video credit: ...
Japan's worst wildfire in half a century spreads
Firefighters were Tuesday battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the ...
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Inferno in Ofunato: Japan Battles Devastating Forest Fire
A massive forest fire in Ofunato, Japan, has damaged over 84 homes and forced 1,200 residents to evacuate. The fire covers ...
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Wildfire in Japan’s Ofunato consumes 2,100 hectares; nation’s largest forest fire since 1989
A total of 4,596 people from 1,896 households in the city were instructed to evacuate, and 3,661 of them — around 11% of the city’s population — did so.
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More than 1,200 evacuated as Japan forest fire continues to burn
The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres) of forest in Ofunato since it started on Wednesday, authorities said.
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Japan grapples with its worst fire in 30 years
Asia is looking at the fallout from the Trump-Zelensky scrap in the White House. Opposing protests square off in Seoul as the Supreme Court gets ready to rule on Yoon’s im ...