The forest fire in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture will take 26 days and 5 days after the outbreak.
Since the air is dry and there is still no prospect of extinguishing the fire, the Self-Defense Forces will resume fire extinguishing activities by helicopter from the morning.
According to Tochigi Prefecture, the wildfire that broke out in Nishinomiya-cho, Ashikaga City on February 21 continued to spread, and as of 6:00 pm on the 25th, about 100 hectares were burnt.
Ashikaga City has issued evacuation advisories to a total of 207 households in the city, saying that there is a risk of fire spreading to residential areas, and the evacuation centers set up in three places in the city are 8 pm on the 25th. At that time, a total of 11 people from 6 households were evacuated.
According to the East Nippon Expressway, the Kita Kanto Expressway, which runs near the site, is closed to traffic in some sections.
According to the city, no one has been injured by the fire so far, but the wooden shrine building in the mountains has been completely destroyed.
Also, the fire was approaching about 50 meters from the residential area at the nearest point.
Water cannon activities continued from the ground on the night of the 25th, but since there is still no prospect of extinguishing the fire, the Self-Defense Forces decided to resume fire extinguishing activities from the sky by helicopter from around 6:30 am on the 26th. I am.