{"id":11957,"date":"2026-04-26T07:17:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/11957\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T07:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:17:26","slug":"japan-deploys-1400-firefighters-to-battle-raging-wildfires-in-the-north-arn-news-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/11957\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to battle raging wildfires in the north – ARN News Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n AFP<\/p>\n

\n 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.\n <\/p>\n

The area consumed by the fires reached 3,393 acres as of early Sunday morning, up 7 per cent from a day earlier.<\/p>\n

The fires threaten residential districts of Otsuchi on the Pacific Coast – a town that lost nearly a tenth of its population in one of Japan’s worst disasters, the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.<\/p>\n

Evacuation orders are in place for 1,541 households or 3,233 residents, roughly a third of Otsuchi’s population.<\/p>\n

“Although the Self-Defence Forces are fighting the fires from the sky (with helicopters), the dry weather and winds are helping the fires expand,” Otsuchi Mayor Kozo Hirano told a press conference.<\/p>\n

The only casualty to date has been one minor injury suffered when a person fell at an evacuation centre, Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said on its website.<\/p>\n

No rain is expected in the region on Sunday or Monday, but a brief shower is forecast on Tuesday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.<\/p>\n

The cause of the fires is unclear and under investigation.<\/p>\n

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