Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country's worst blaze in more than half a century from spreading. City official Shinichi Matsukawa told reporters that an evacuation order for nearly 1,
Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country's worst blaze in more than half a century from spreading. The fire had raged in the mountains around the city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture for over a week, killing one person and forcing more than 4,200 residents to flee their homes.
Unseasonable drier weather may be making the country more vulnerable to fires by leaving forests parched. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Japanese firefighters are struggling to contain a week-long wildfire on the country’s northeastern coast that has spread to become the worst the country has seen in half a century.
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