Wildfire Casts Orange Haze Over Japanese Town as Evacuations Ordered

A wildfire in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, neared homes as evacuation orders were in place, footage from April 23 and 24 showed.

Videos here, by @kawai_syoten in Otsuchi Town, show a nearby fire as smoke casts an orange haze.

Evacuation orders were in place for the area, as officials said the fire in Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture, had “expanded to a total burned area of 431 hectares (1,065 acres)” across two locations. Credit: @kawai_syoten via Storyful