Fierce winds that whipped up early Thursday sparked new fires across Southern California, including a destructive blaze that tore into neighborhoods in north San Bernardino and destroyed homes. The Hillside fire erupted about 1:40 a.m. near Highway 18 at Lower Waterman Canyon and quickly spread into neighborhoods, consuming at least 200 acres and burning multiple homes as authorities rushed to evacuate sleeping residents, San Bernardino County Firefighter Chris Prater said. Fire officials ordered mandatory evacuations north of 50th Street, west of Highway 18 and east of Mayfield Street. An evacuation center has been established at 1020 Pacific St. in San Bernardino. Approximately 490 homes are under mandatory evacuation affecting some 1,300 residents.🔥

Fire sweeps Pakistani train, killing 73, after cooking fire. A fire swept through a Pakistani train on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring nearly 40 after a gas canister that passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded, the minister of railroads said. The fire destroyed three of the train’s carriages near the town of Rahim Yar Khan in the south of Punjab province. It was on its way to Rawalpindi, near the capital, from the southern city of Karachi, with many people traveling to a religious gathering. It was the worst disaster on Pakistan’s accident-plagued railway system in nearly 15 years, Reuters reports. 🔥😱