Forest fire in northeastern Japan

Forest fire in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Feb. 28, 2025, shows buildings believed to have burned down in a forest fire that broke out on a mountain in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Feb. 26.

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