Massive fire in southwest Japan mostly contained, uninhabited still burning

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 the disaster left one person dead and about 170 buildings destroyed.Local firefighters and the Self-Defense Forces worked to extinguish the blaze, with an SDF helicopter dropping water Thursday morning. The fire has consumed around 48,900 square meters in the Saganoseki port district of Oita since it was first reported to police on Tuesday afternoon.Oita Gov. Kiichiro Sato told a disaster response meeting he…READ FULL ARTICLE