Wildfires in northern Japan continued to spread, with flames closing in on residential areas on Saturday (April 25).

The blazes prompted authorities to expand evacuation orders to more than 3,000 people, according to the local fire department.

Fire crews from outside the region have been brought in, raising the number of personnel battling the blaze on the ground to around 1,000. However, the fire remains uncontained amid dry conditions.

No casualties have been reported, but eight buildings including a residential house have been destroyed, said the public broadcaster NHK.

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OTSUCHI, IWATE PREFECTURE, JAPAN (APRIL 24, 2026) (NIPPON TV / JAPAN - No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from Nippon TV)

1. AERIAL VIEW OF HEAVY SMOKE RISING / FLAMES BURNING

2. AERIAL OF FLAMES FLARING BETWEEN TREES

3. AERIAL OF SMOKE RISING AND FLAMES

4. AERIAL OF FLAMES FLARING

5. AERIAL OF SMOKE RISING AND TREES BURNING

6. AERIAL OF SMOKE RISING ON HILLSIDE

7. AERIAL OF FLAMES BURNING AND HEAVY SMOKE

8. VARIOUS AERIAL VIEW OF SMOKE RISING FROM HILLSIDE AND TREES BURNING

9. AERIAL OF PART OF OTSUCHI TOWN COVERED BY SMOKE

10. AERIAL OF FIRE BURNING NEAR ROAD

11. VARIOUS AERIAL VIEW OF SMOKE AND FOREST ON FIRE

12. AERIAL OF HEAVY SMOKE COVERING COASTAL TOWN

OTSUCHI, IWATE PREFECTURE, JAPAN (APRIL 25, 2026) (NIPPON TV / JAPAN - No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from Nippon TV)

13. SMOKE RISING ABOVE MOUNTAIN BEHIND RESIDENTIAL AREA

14. SMOKE RISING

15. VEHICLE MOVING ON STREET / SMOKE RISING

16. SMOKE RISING ABOVE TREES

17. VEHICLES MOVING AND SIGN READING (Japanese): “Road closed”

18. VARIOUS OF FIRE TRUCKS DRIVING PAST

19. VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING

20. TOWN COVERED IN SMOKE