Firefighters and army helicopters are battling a fire that has burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan and forced more than 170 people to evacuate.
The fire broke out during strong winds on Tuesday evening near a fishing port in the city of Oita and spread to a forest.
OITA, Japan - A massive fire raging for a third day in the southwestern Japan prefecture was brought under control, except on an uninhabited island it leaped to, the city of Oita said Thursday, after ...