Overview
- The blaze began around 5:45 p.m. on Nov. 18 in a dense residential area near Saganoseki fishing port and has also reached nearby woodland.
- Oita Prefecture is finalizing a disaster dispatch request to the Self-Defense Forces following the law’s activation.
- Firefighting continues with no reported timeline for full extinguishment, according to prefectural updates.
- Police are checking the status of an uncontactable man in his 70s, and a woman in her 50s was hospitalized for breathing difficulties.
- At least 175 residents have taken shelter at a local civic center, and roughly 350 households are without power.