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#evacuations

SAN JOSE - A three-alarm fire ripped through a San Jose apartment complex Friday afternoon, displacing more than a dozen residents and several pets, fire officials said. The blaze broke out around 3:20 p.m. at the two-story complex, located in the 800 block of Deland Avenue in the city's Willow Glen neighborhood, according to the San Jose Fire Department. It took crews roughly an hour to place the fire under control.

Nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of Pakistan's Punjab province following the latest flood alerts by India, officials have said, bringing the total number of people displaced since last month to 1.3 million. A new flood alert was shared with Pakistan by neighbouring India through diplomatic channels early on Wednesday, said Arfan Ali Kathia, director-general of Punjab's Provincial Disaster Management Authority.

A wildfire in California's Siskiyou Mountains has prompted evacuation orders and road closures. The Dillon Fire had burned 2,134 acres (3.4 square miles) by Wednesday morning, the national forest fire management team said. It was reported Monday, Aug. 25, in the Ti Bar area along the Klamath River, south of Cottage Grove. The cause is under investigation. The map above shows the evacuation order in red and the approximate fire perimeter in black.

A vegetation fire, referred to as the Real fire, burned 7 acres in Jurupa Valley, threatening structures and prompting evacuations.

Maui Emergency Management Agency issued evacuation orders for all people in coastal areas to move inland to higher ground due to an imminent tsunami threat.

Heavy rainfall around Beijing and northern China has resulted in the deaths of two individuals and forced thousands to evacuate due to risks of landslides and flooding.