Volcanic Eruption in Kagoshima, Wildfires Spread in Hiroshima, Japan | WPN World People News

On January 14, Japan's Kagoshima Toshima village of Suwanose Island (Suwanose Island) volcano suddenly erupted, so that the Japan Meteorological Agency urgently released "Volcanic Eruption Express" asked residents to stay away from the crater 2 kilometers away from the range. In addition, Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture on January 13th morning forest wildfire, has not yet been extinguished, the relevant personnel continue to fight the fire from the air and the sea, but fortunately, no rumors of injuries.

Otake volcano (Mt. Otake) erupted in the early morning of January 14th on Suwa-nose Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, and white smoke from the crater could be observed up to a height of about 500 meters, and after the volcano erupted, the volcanic rocks that flew out of the crater were found to have been affected by the impacts in a range of about 1 kilometer to the north and south of the crater. No casualties have been reported yet, and the Meteorological Department has raised the eruption alert to level 3 and banned the public from entering the mountain.

At around 10:20 a.m. on January 13, the local Hiroshima fire department received a report of "white smoke seen from Mount Toho in Edajima City," and immediately deployed four helicopters and fire trucks to extinguish the fire. However, the fire was spreading from the mid-levels of the mountainside toward the coast, and as of 9:00 a.m. on January 14, the area of the mountain forests that were spreading the fire was already about 140 hectares, and a total of 13 people from nine families living at the foot of the mountain had left their homes to take shelter without any injuries. The fire department said that although the fire has gradually weakened, but still do not know when it can be completely extinguished.