More than 2,500 US firefighters are battling to gain control of a fast moving wildfire on the edge of California's Yosemite National Park. Forestry and Fire Protection officials say mountainous terrain is hampering efforts to control the blaze which is burning largely on check to over an area of 50,000 hectares. From Los Angeles Alistair Leithead reports.
美国超过2500名消防员正在努力控制加利福尼亚州约塞米蒂国家公园的一场快速移动的大火,林业和消防的官员们称多山的地形是的控制火情变得更加困难,目前这场大火已经烧毁了超过50,000公顷的面积。Alistair Leithead在洛杉矶为您报道。
The so-called Rim Fire has burnt an area almost the same size as San Francisco. The city now under a state of emergency because threats to electricity transmission lines, hydroelectric power stations and water supplies. The fire is closing in on a reservoir which provides drinking water to millions of people. The blaze has spread over the boundary of the Yosemite National Park where millions of tourists visit each year. Thousands of people have been warned to leave their homes as firefighters and aircrafts dropping flame resistance powder are trying to create lines that the blaze can't cross.
这场被称为“Rim”的大火已经烧了相当于旧金山市的面积。目前该城市处于紧急状态,因为大火已经威胁到了电力系统,水力发电厂和饮用水的供应。这场大火逼近了向数百万人供水的水库。火苗越过了约塞米蒂国家公园的边界。数千名任命在警告离开了自己的房屋,因为消防员和飞机正在抛洒灭火粉末,并试图造出一个火苗难以越过的边界。