After the three decades of Japan, the biggest wildfire, after killing at least one man, burning with a wooded area of a small coastal city, killing them, and thousands of evacuation officials said.
About 1800 hectares (4500 hectares) fire in Toyunato are burning on the east coast of Japan's main island of Japan, which is about 300 miles of Tokyo. There have been 400 hectares since Saturday.
The Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency said that he studied the fire on Wednesday afternoon and at least 84 houses were injured on Tuesday. According to Japanese media, police said he found the body of a man on Thursday morning while checking the region. The local authorities have confirmed the death of people, but did not provide another information.
According to the government, the fire agency, 4,600 residents left the evacuation orders on Wednesday. 1,200 people were shelters on Sunday morning.
According to the city officials, about 1700 firefighters were sent from the 14th year's prefect for Wednesday. Video footage NhkJapan's public broadcaster showed firefighting aircraft on the clouds of smoke rising on the forest, as there are orange flames between tree trunks.
How much progress has made a crew to advance the crew of progress in the structures that contain fire or fire on the structures. The firefighting agency could not be obtained for comment.
According to the agency, the cause of the fire is under investigation.
The last forest fire on this scale in Japan burned more than 1,000 hectares on the northern island of Hokkaido in 1992, Sunday The Japan Times reported.
The most dry season of Ofunato, usually in January-March Japan meteorological agency. Last month in two decades, it was the most dry.
Fire officials in Japan approached Sunday with two small wildfires. First, in the Wild Yamanashi prefecture in Tokyo, started on Wednesday and started up to 120 hectares on Saturday. Second, in the northern Prefecture of Nagano, started on Friday and reached 100 hectares on Sunday.