Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba was considering declaring the country’s biggest wildfire in decades a “severe disaster” as the blaze continued to rage for the eighth day, reducing nearly 3,000 hectares of land to ashes.
Firefighting operations have been underway in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, since last week where nearly 4,111 people, nearly 13 per cent of the city’s population have evacuated as of 7am local time Wednesday.
