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Firefighters were battling an out-of-control occurrence connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025) greeting that has burned done a neighbourhood successful southwestern Japan and forced much than 170 radical to evacuate.
At slightest 170 homes person been damaged and a antheral successful his 70s was unaccounted for, Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.
The occurrence started during beardown winds connected Tuesday (November 18) evening adjacent a sportfishing larboard successful the metropolis of Oita and dispersed to a forest. Oita is connected the confederate land of Kyushu.
One nonmigratory told Kyodo News Agency she rapidly fled without galore of her belongings due to the fact that the occurrence “spread successful the blink of an eye.”
