An area of at least 2,100 hectares in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, has been destroyed by the blaze. At least one person has ...

A massive forest fire in Ofunato, Japan, has damaged over 84 homes and forced 1,200 residents to evacuate. The fire covers ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a ...

Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades. At least one ...

Residents have been instructed to evacuate, as more than 2,000 firefighters use helicopters and hoses to douse the flames ...

A fierce forest fire in Ofunato, northeastern Japan, has destroyed homes and prompted evacuations of hundreds of residents.

The fire, in a forested area of the coastal city of Ofunato, killed at least one person and prompted evacuation orders for ...

Firefighters are struggling to contain blazes in the forest around the city of Ofunato in northeastern Japan. Officials say ...

More than 2,000 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday, as some 4,600 ...

A massive wildfire has devastated Ofunato in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, damaging over 80 buildings and forcing mass ...

A massive forest fire in Ofunato, northeastern Japan, has spread to around 1,800 hectares as it enters its fifth day on ...

Firefighters battled to contain fires razing across Japan’s northeastern coastal city of Ofunato on Friday (February 28).