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Firefighting authorities in Okayama City, western Japan, have declared that the wildfires that broke out in the city nearly three weeks ago have been extinguished. The city's fire department made ...

This photo taken on March 28, 2025, shows an area burned by a wildfire in the western Japan city of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture. (Kyodo) OKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- Wildfires in Okayama Prefecture in ...

TOKYO (AP) — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging a number of homes as hundreds of firefighters ...

Tokyo, Apr 12 (UNI) Wildfires that broke out in Okayama City, western Japan, nearly three weeks ago, have been extinguished, local media reported. The city's fire department made the announcement on ...

Wildfires have hit at least two areas in western Japan, damaging a number of homes and forcing dozens of residents to evacuate as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blaze in the ...

TOKYO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Wildfires that broke out in Okayama City, western Japan, nearly three weeks ago, have been extinguished, local media reported. The city's fire department made the ...