Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to battle raging wildfires in the north

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The fires threaten residential districts ‌of ⁠Otsuchi on the Pacific Coast; the area consumed by the fires ‌reached 1,373 hectares (3,393 acres) as of early Sunday (April 26, 2026) morning, up 7% from a ‌day earlier