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Wildfires Raging

People sit in the riverbed of the Jialing on August 20.
People sit in the riverbed of the Jialing on August 20. Photo: Mark Schiefelbein (AP)

On Monday, more than 1,500 people in Chongqing had to be evacuated due to brushfires that have been burning for days around the edges of the city. CNN reported that some city dwellers posted to social media about smelling smoke from inside their apartments; others posted photos of embers that had blown into their homes from the fires.