A massive forest fire in Ofunato, Japan, has damaged over 84 homes and forced 1,200 residents to evacuate. The fire covers 2,100 hectares and has prompted the deployment of 2,000 firefighters. A deceased man was found,

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city.

A massive wildfire has devastated Ofunato in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, damaging over 80 buildings and forcing mass evacuations. Military helicopters have been deployed to combat the raging flames, as thick smoke engulfs the mountainous region.

Thousands of people evacuated from parts of northern Japan as the country's largest wildfire in three decades raged unabated Sunday after killing at least one person, officials said.

Firefighters battled to contain fires razing across Japan’s northeastern coastal city of Ofunato on Friday (February 28).

Japan’s largest wildfire in more than three decades was burning through a forested area of a small coastal city on Sunday after killing at least one person.

Thousands evacuated as Japan battles largest forest fire in decades More than 2,000 firefighters have been deployed to combat Japan’s largest forest fire in 30 years, which continues to burn near Ofunato in northern part of the country.