Although they have managed to extinguish the flames in the residential area, authorities confirmed hotspots with temperatures between 30 and 50 degrees Celsius in four locations in the eastern mountain forests, as well as on the western slope of an uninhabited island, approximately 1.4 kilometers away.

The fires must be extinguished to prevent the risk of spreading and endangering lives, experts agreed after sharing the results of a study conducted with a drone equipped with a thermal camera.

A 76-year-old man died inside one of the hundreds of destroyed buildings, and nearly 200 people opted to evacuate to a shelter set up in a community hall.

Firefighters reported that they will continue working, both on the ground and from the air, to put an ebd to the danger around the city of Oita, near the fishing port of Saganoseki.

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