Firefighters continued to fight flames on Tuesday after fires started in the western towns of Okayama, Imabari and Aso on Sunday. The fires, which quickly burned hundreds of hectares, erupted just ...

The fires in the western towns of Okayama, Imabari and Aso broke out Sunday, quickly burning hundreds of hectares (acres). Six homes have been damaged in city of Okayama, where a fire started on ...

Self-Defense Force helicopters resumed aerial firefighting on Thursday morning. The fire that began in Imabari City spread to neighboring Saijo City, and 417 hectares had been burned as of 2 p.m ...

The fires in the western towns of Okayama, Imabari and Aso broke out on Sunday, quickly burning hundreds of hectares. Six homes have been damaged in city of Okayama, where a fire started on Mount ...

A massive wildfire has burned more than 300 hectares since it broke out on Sunday in Ehime Prefecture's Imabari City. Nearly 6,000 people have been told to evacuate. NHK World's Kimura Miyako reports.

As at March 25, the fire in Ehime prefecture had burned more than 214ha in Imabari, engulfing six houses and two warehouses. Meanwhile, in Okayama prefecture, approximately 310ha have burned in ...