Japan fights forest fire that’s forced hundreds to evacuate
Japan has deployed more than 2,000 troops and firefighters from across the country to fight a forest fire in a northeastern coastal city that has damaged dozens of homes and forced the evacuation of more than 1,200 people. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares of forest in Ōfunato since it started last Wednesday, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
