evacuate

One person was unaccounted for while more than 170 people were evacuated as fire engulfed a residential area in Oita in southern Japan, the local government said Wednesday.

The journalist was evacuated by ambulance after being shot while working in the middle of a crowd of about 150 camp residents, AFP journalists reported.

According to the suit, the zones did not take into consideration vulnerable populations including the sick and elderly, who need more time to evacuate.

Sixteen people were temporarily evacuated, fire officials said.

Last week President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that if there is not enough rainfall soon, Tehran's water supply could be rationed and people may be evacuated from the capital.