Inferno in Ofunato: Japan’s worst wildfire in decades forces thousands to evacuate
A massive wildfire has devastated Ofunato in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, damaging over 80 buildings and forcing mass evacuations. Military helicopters have been deployed to combat the raging flames, as thick smoke engulfs the mountainous region.
Japan's worst wildfire in half a century is spreading
Firefighters were battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 4,000 residents. White smoke billowed from a forested area around the northern city of Ofunato, aerial TV footage showed, five days after the blaze began after record low rainfall.
Over 1,200 residents have sought refuge in temporary shelters such as school gymnasiums, while another 2,000 have taken ...
A massive forest fire has engulfed parts of Ofunato, a northeastern coastal city in Japan, damaging dozens of homes and ...
Weather officials in Japan forecast it will rain in the wildfire-hit city of Ofunato from Wednesday through Thursday.
A massive forest fire in Ofunato, Japan, has damaged over 84 homes and forced 1,200 residents to evacuate. The fire covers ...
The fire, in a forested area of the coastal city of Ofunato, killed at least one person and prompted evacuation orders for ...
Firefighters are struggling to contain blazes in the forest around the city of Ofunato in northeastern Japan. Officials say ...
A fierce forest fire in Ofunato, northeastern Japan, has destroyed homes and prompted evacuations of hundreds of residents.
Firefighters battled to contain fires razing across Japan’s northeastern coastal city of Ofunato on Friday (February 28).
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