IN PHOTOS: Massive forest fire breaks out in Japan, hundreds evacuated

Updated On: 03 March, 2025 08:04 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. Pics/AFP (Text/AP)

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A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter dropping water as they fight a wildfire near the city of Ofunato in Japan. Pics/AFP (Text/AP)

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The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres) of forest in Ofunato since it started Wednesday, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency

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The agency said at least 84 homes have been damaged, and over 1,200 people evacuated

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The fire has subsided in some areas

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More than 2,000 troops and and firefighters have been deployed from across the country

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The northeastern regions, including Ofunato, have had their driest winter since 1946, when the Japan Meteorological Agency started collecting data

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