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Japan's Largest Wildfire in 50 Years

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Country reeling from Japan's largest wildfire in 50 years: 'Nothing is left'

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A forest fire in Ofunato , Iwate Prefecture , grew to nearly 7,200 acres this weekend .

It was the nation's largest fire in five decades , surpassing one in 1975 that engulfed 6,700 acres of Hokkaido .

City officials confirmed that the fire had damaged at least 76 buildings and killed one man, though they were still investigating its cause.

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