Thousands evacuated amid Japan's biggest wildfire in decades

Thousands of people have been evacuated as Japan is fighting an extensive forest fire in northern Japan, the country's biggest wildfire in three decades. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares of forest in Ōfunato. Four days since the blaze first materialised, over 80 buildings have been damaged, several houses have been destroyed, and one burned body has been discovered.

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