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ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Prefecture More than 200 households in the path of a raging wildfire on a mountainside here have been asked to evacuate as firefighters continued unsuccessfully battling the blaze.
“We have no clear idea when the fire will be brought under control with no rain forecast for the time being,” Ashikaga Mayor Satoshi Izumi said at a news conference on Feb. 25.
The fire broke out on the afternoon of Feb. 21 near Mount Ryogaisan in the city. It was still spreading on the evening of Feb. 25, burning about 100 hectares. That brought the number of households the city government has issued an evacuation advisory to 207.