Editorial

16:03 JST, March 29, 2025

Thanks in part to the rain, the massive forest fires that have occurred in various parts of the country seem to be subsiding, but there is a risk that they will occur frequently in the future.

Once a fire breaks out, it spreads quickly and the area that is burned is extensive. Strict vigilance is required.

On March 23, forest fires broke out in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, and Okayama City, both of which resulted in resident evacuations. In Imabari, damage to power transmission lines caused outages for more than 10,000 households. A wildfire also broke out in Miyazaki City on Tuesday.

The fires burned more than 400 hectares in Imabari and more than 500 hectares in Okayama City and its surrounding areas. A month earlier, a fire in Ofunato,........

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