A forest fire in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture will take 27 days and 6 days from the outbreak.
The city says that the spread of fire has been controlled, but it is expected that there will be no heavy rain until the beginning of the week, so we are rushing to extinguish the fire.
According to Tochigi Prefecture, the wildfire that broke out in Nishinomiya-cho, Ashikaga City on the 21st of this month continued to spread, and as of the 26th, about 106 hectares had been burned.
Ashikaga City has issued evacuation advisories to 305 households so far, saying that there is a risk of fire spreading to residential areas, and evacuation centers set up in three places in the city are at 7:00 pm on the 26th. At that time, a total of 14 people from 8 households were evacuated.
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.
As a result of the progress of fire extinguishing activities, the city says that "the spread of fire has been controlled", but according to the Utsunomiya Local Meteorological Observatory, the air remains dry and it is expected that there will be no heavy rain until the beginning of the week. about it.
On the 27th, the Self-Defense Forces resumed fire extinguishing activities by helicopter from around 6:30 am, and if the spread of fire was suppressed, firefighters would enter the mountains and step on the smoldering fire or cut down burnt trees. I am rushing to extinguish the fire.