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Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters as northern wildfires spread
Wildfires tearing through the mountains and forests of Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan have burned for five straight days, prompting authorities to deploy roughly 1,400 firefighters and military personnel in one of the country’s largest wildfire mobilizations in recent years. The blazes are threatening the coastal city of Kuji, where evacuation orders have been issued […]
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