TOKYO: Firefighters were Tuesday (Mar 4) battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 4,000 local residents. White smoke billo

Fire fighting operations continued after a massive fire broke out in the northeastern coastal area of Iwate in Japan. Dozens of homes were damaged, and hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate. According to a BCC,

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