Japan Urges Residents to Evacuate Yamanashi as Forest Fire Spreads
Though law enforcement and fire services confirmed that no individuals were hurt and no residences were harmed, the regional government of Yamanashi, west of Tokyo, requested the deployment of Japan Self-Defense Forces to assist in battling the blaze, according to media.
Officials received reports about smoke on the 1,310-meter (nearly 4,300 feet) Mount Ogi in the morning.
Uenohara city government officials instructed some 150 people to evacuate their homes.
The local fire brigade announced that efforts to extinguish the flames have been put on hold for the night.
In a separate crisis, southeastern Australia is also confronting bushfires as a prolonged stretch of severe heat continues across the nation, according to an Australian broadcasting agency.
Concerns exist that structures in Victoria state have been destroyed due to an uncontained bushfire.
Another pair of uncontrolled fires remain active in Victoria, with anticipated property damage expected in the central portion of the state, where an out-of-control bushfire consumed 28,000 hectares.
Numerous towns have received evacuation orders ahead of forecasted "catastrophic" conditions on Friday.
Simultaneously, various communities in Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales experienced their highest temperatures in seven years due to a heatwave.
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