{"id":1966,"date":"2025-03-05T17:07:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T08:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp\/eng\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T04:37:30","slug":"prof-samuel-l-manzellos-responds-to-a-media-interview-about-a-wildfire-in-ofunato-iwate-prefecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp\/eng\/news\/1966\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Samuel L. Manzello responds to a media interview about a wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Samuel L. Manzello (Energy Dynamics Laboratory), a Wildland-urban Interface (WUI) fire researcher, is responding to various media interviews about the wildfires in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture.<br \/><br \/>\u3010Media coverage\u3011<br \/>Wildfire Today<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wildfiretoday.com\/2025\/02\/28\/japan-largest-wildfire-thousands-evacuated-southeastern-ofunato-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thousands evacuated as Japan\u2019s largest wildfire in 30 years burns<\/a><br \/><br \/>Bloomberg<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-03-03\/japan-battles-worst-wildfire-in-40-years-amid-record-dry-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan Battles Worst Wildfire in 40 Years Amid Record Dry Season<\/a><br \/><br \/>CNA\uff08Channel News Asia\uff09<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/east-asia\/japan-ofunato-iwate-region-worst-wildfire-half-century-spreads-4974906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan&#8217;s worst wildfire in half a century spreads<\/a><br \/><br \/>JIJI.COM<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jiji.com\/jc\/article?k=2025030401022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u7d9a\u304f\u5ef6\u713c\u3001\u98a8\u3084\u5730\u5f62\u304c\u5f71\u97ff\u3000\u8150\u8449\u571f\u4e7e\u71e5\u3082\u4e00\u56e0\u304b\u2015\u5ca9\u624b\u5c71\u6797\u706b\u707d<\/a><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Samuel_L_Manzello.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"144\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1970\" \/><br \/>\u3010Visiting Professor Samuel L. Manzello comments\u3011<br \/>Our heart goes out to the brave people of Ofunato City, and all the fire crews, coming from across Japan, working hard to bring these wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires under control.\u00a0 Our best wishes for a speedy recovery from this WUI fire disaster.<br \/>WUI fire disasters are now occurring all over the world.\u00a0 For these reasons, it is important to apply scientific understanding of how WUI fires spread, and ignite vegetation and buildings, into future building codes and test standards.\u00a0 Such activities will enable more resilient communities of the future.<br \/><br \/><br \/><span>[Related articles]<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp\/eng\/research\/dv_ifs-gcore\/edl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Dynamics Laboratory<\/a><\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp\/eng\/news\/1954\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Samuel L. Manzello\u2019s (Energy Dynamics Laboratory) research on harmonizing international testing standards for large outdoor fires, including wildland urban interface fires (WUI), was featured on the Tohoku University\u2019s website.<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp\/eng\/news\/1940\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Samuel L. Manzello\u2019s (Energy Dynamics Laboratory) research on small firebrands, a critical problem in wildfire spread carried out between Japan and South Africa, was featured on the Tohoku University\u2019s webseite.<\/a><br \/><br \/><br \/>Contact\uff1a<br \/>Prof. Samuel L. Manzello<br \/>Institute of Fluid Science,<br \/>Tohoku University<br \/>E-mail : manzello*tohoku.ac.jp<br \/>(Please change * to @.)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prof. Samuel L. 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