It will be one week since the wildfire in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, occurred on the 28th.



According to the city, the spread of fire has been almost stopped, so the Self-Defense Forces and the fire department are rushing to put out the remaining fire in order to suppress it.

The wildfire that broke out in Nishinomiya-cho, Ashikaga City on the 21st of this month burned about 106 hectares as of 6:00 pm on the 27th.



According to the city, the spread of fire has been almost stopped by the fire extinguishing activities so far, so the Self-Defense Forces resumed fire extinguishing activities by helicopter on the morning of the 28th, and the fire department also entered the mountain in the morning to extinguish the fire.



The city is still issuing evacuation advisories to a total of 305 households around the site, and as of 9:00 am on the 28th, a total of 7 people from 5 households have evacuated to the evacuation centers set up at 3 locations in the city. It means that it is.



No one has been injured by the fire so far, but the wooden shrine building in the mountains has been completely destroyed.



According to the city's Crisis Management Division, visual confirmation shows that the amount of smoke emitted from the mountains is even smaller than yesterday.



The city has decided to focus on fire extinguishing activities on the ground, and is rushing to extinguish the remaining fire to suppress it by increasing the number of support units from the fire department in the prefecture.

The situation at the site

No flames could be seen in the morning around Imabuku-cho, which is located on the south side of the site of the forest fire in Ashikaga City, but occasionally white smoke was seen rising between the trees in the mountains.



Around 9 am, a helicopter fire extinguishing activity was carried out around the site, and a fire brigade that worked to extinguish the remaining fire on the ground arrived at around 9 am and entered the mountain with equipment.



A 68-year-old man living nearby said, "Since the 24th of this month, the fire has spread so badly that it has been a big deal, but today I can't see the fire at all because of the smell. I really appreciate the firefighters. I will. "