Japan’s worst wildfire in half a century spreads

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Tokyo: Firefighters were Tuesday battling Japan’s worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 4,000 local residents.White smoke billowed from a forested area around the northern city of Ofunato, aerial TV footage showed, five days after the blaze began after record low rainfall.The fire also follows Japan’s hottest summer on record last year, as climate change pushes up temperatures worldwide.