More firefighters across Japan urged to join battle against wildfire

Japan's disaster management agency on Sunday requested more fire departments across the country to join the battle against a forest fire that has continued to spread in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate.Nearly 1,700 firefighters from around 450 departments across the country have already joined the effort to control the blaze, which has spread over five days since Wednesday in Ofunato, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.The agency has newly asked the governments of Hokkaido and Yokohama city to dispatch some of their firefighters to Ofunato.While firefighters with aeria…READ FULL ARTICLE