Japan Deploys 1,400 Firefighters to Battle Raging Northern Wildfires
Over 1,400 firefighters have been deployed to northern Japan, including Iwate prefecture, to combat extensive wildfires that have been burning for days and forced thousands of residents to evacuate.
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Wildfires in Japan’s north worsen, 1,400 firefighters deployed
Japan has deployed 1,400 firefighters and dozens of Self-Defence Force personnel to battle mountain blazes that have been raging in the north for five days and threaten to reach homes in the picturesque coastal town of Otsuchi, officials said on Sunday. Fanned by dry, windy weather, two more wildfires broke out elsewhere in the north on Sunday – one in Kitakata city and the other in Nagaoka, potentially stretching firefighting resources thin as local authorities send personnel to neighbourin...
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Read full article →Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to battle raging wildfires in the north - The Straits Times
Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to battle raging wildfires in the north The Straits Times
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Japan has deployed 1,400 firefighters and 100 Self-Defence Force personnel to battle mountain blazes in the northern part of the country, with the fires, now burning on Sunday for a fifth straight day, continuing to threaten a picturesque coastal town. The area consumed by the fires reached 1,373 hectares as of early Sunday morning, up seven per cent from a day earlier. A helicopter conducts firefighting operations, as wildfires continue in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan on Apr...
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The area consumed by the fires reached 1,373 hectares (3,393 acres) as of early Sunday morning, up 7% from a day earlier.
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The area is already scarred by the memory of March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, when the town of Otsuchi lost nearly a tenth of its population.
Read full article →Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to battle raging wildfires in the north
The fires are now burning for a fifth straight day on Sunday (Apr 26), threatening a town that has already lost nearly a tenth of its population in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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