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Oita Fire: Residents Escorted Into Burn Zone as City Secures 180 Temporary Homes

The response now focuses on relocation support and health safeguards for evacuees.

Overview

  • City-led buses began taking evacuees into the restricted area to confirm damage, with staff recording each household’s relocation plans.
  • Oita City secured 180 rooms for temporary housing across public units, company dorms, private apartments and care homes, with hotel stays offered until move-in.
  • As of Saturday, 69 households totaling 108 people remained in a public shelter, where the city distributed Tamiflu after two influenza cases were confirmed.
  • Firefighting continued on Tsuta Island and nearby mountain woodlands that had not reached a fully suppressed state, while power was restored outside the damaged zone.
  • Authorities confirmed one fatality identified by DNA as 76-year-old resident Inagaki Kiyoshi, and the prefectural governor signaled intent to seek national support under the disaster-recovery law.