{"id":38324,"date":"2025-11-19T05:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/38324\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T05:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:52:33","slug":"fire-burning-in-southwestern-japan-damages-170-homes-and-forces-evacuations-ap-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/38324\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire burning in southwestern Japan damages 170 homes and forces evacuations | Ap-world"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOKYO (AP) \u2014 Firefighters and army helicopters were battling a fire Wednesday that has burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan and forced more than 170 people to evacuate.<\/p>\n

At least 170 homes have been damaged or burned down and a man in his 70s was unaccounted for, Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.<\/p>\n

The fire started during strong winds Tuesday evening near a fishing port in the city of Oita and spread to a forest. Oita is on the southern main island of Kyushu.<\/p>\n

Japanese television footage by midday showed smoke still rising from swaths of land filled with burned-down and damaged houses, though orange flames were no longer visible.<\/p>\n

One resident told Kyodo News Agency she quickly fled without many of her belongings because the fire \u201cspread in the blink of an eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dozens of fire engines and more than 200 firefighters were mobilized to battle the fire, which still was not fully under control nearly 20 hours after it started.<\/p>\n

The Ground Self-Defense Force dispatched two UH1 army helicopters to join the firefighting effort.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi<\/a>, in a statement she posted on X, offered her sympathy for those affected by the fire and pledged to \u201cprovide maximum support\u201d for them.<\/p>\n

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