墨西哥燃料管道爆炸死亡數(shù)升至66人

墨西哥燃料管道爆炸死亡人數(shù)升至66

Military personnel watch as flames engulf an area after a ruptured fuel pipeline exploded, in the municipality of Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, near the Tula refinery of state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Jan. 18, 2019.

在墨西哥伊達(dá)爾戈州的特拉韋利爾潘市，在墨西哥國家石油公司的圖拉煉油廠，2019年1月18日，軍事人員觀察燃料管道爆裂后火焰吞沒了一個區(qū)域。

MEXICO CITY — The death toll from Friday's fuel pipeline explosion in central Mexico has climbed to 66, the governor of the country's Hidalgo state said.

墨西哥伊達(dá)爾戈州的州長稱，墨西哥中部周五燃料管道爆炸造成的死亡人數(shù)已攀升至66人。

Governor Omar Fayad also said Saturday at a news conference in Mexico City that at least 76 others were injured.

州長梅內(nèi)塞斯周六在墨西哥城舉行的新聞發(fā)布會上表示，至少有76人受傷。

Authorities initially said 20 people had been killed and at least 60 others were badly burned.

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A leak and the resulting blast were caused by fuel thieves illegally tapping into the pipeline in Hidalgo state, officials said.

官員說，泄漏和由此引起的爆炸是由于非法進(jìn)入伊達(dá)爾戈州管道的燃料竊賊引起的。

Video footage showed the fuel gushing into the air and people collecting the oil in buckets, garbage cans and other containers before the explosion.

視頻片段顯示燃料噴向空中，人們在爆炸前用水桶、垃圾桶和其他容器手機(jī)燃油。

"I urge the entire population not to be complicit in fuel theft," said Hidalgo Governor Fayad. "Apart from being illegal, it puts your life and those of your families at risk."

伊達(dá)爾戈州長梅內(nèi)塞斯說，“我敦促全體人民不要成為偷竊燃油的共犯。偷盜燃油不但非法，而且會使您和您家人的生命受到威脅。”

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has launched a crackdown on oil theft, called on "the entire government" to assist the people at the site of the fuel explosion.

發(fā)起了一場打擊石油盜竊行動的墨西哥總統(tǒng)洛佩斯，呼吁整個政府協(xié)助燃料爆炸現(xiàn)場的人們。

The government says fuel theft costs the country about $3 billion a year.

政府表示，燃油盜竊使該國每年損失約30億美元。