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72 households told to evacuate as east Japan wildfire burns over 10 hectares


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72 households told to evacuate as east Japan wildfire burns over 10 hectares
The Mainichi
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This photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter shows the fourth day of wildfires in a mountain forest in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, on Feb. 24, 2021. A Self-Defense Force helicopter resumed firefighting efforts on the same morning. (Mainichi/Daiki Takikawa)
ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Evacuation advisories have been issued to 72 households in this east Japan city amid fears over the spread of a wildfire that had already burned through more than 10 hectares of forest in the Mount Ryogai area by the morning of Feb. 24.
The Ashikaga Municipal Government issued the advisories, and as of yet no injuries or damage to homes has been confirmed. According to sources including the municipal government, the fire started near the summit of the 251-meter-high mountain on Feb. 21, and on its path through about 10 hectares of land it has reache ....

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