隨著野火在加州繼續(xù)蔓延，加州州長尋求外界幫助

隨著野火在加州繼續(xù)蔓延，加州州長尋求外界幫助

Wildfires ignited by nearly 12,000 lightning strikes over the past three days continue to spread havoc across a heat wave-baked California, with little relief in sight.

在過去三天里，近1.2萬次閃電引發(fā)的野火繼續(xù)在熱浪炙烤的加州蔓延，目前還看不到緩解的跡象。

"Just a day ago, I announced that we are struggling to address the needs of suppressing some 376 fires in this state," Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a Friday news conference. "That number has grown to about 560 fires in the state of California.

州長加文·紐森在周五的新聞發(fā)布會上說:“就在一天前，我宣布，我們正在努力解決該州約376起火災的撲滅需要。”加州發(fā)生的火災已經上升到560起。

"Seven-hundred and seventy-one thousand acres has already been burned in the state of California, the equivalent to the size of the state of Rhode Island," the governor added. "We simply haven't seen anything like this in many, many years."

“加利福尼亞州已經有77.1萬英畝土地被燒毀，相當于羅得島州的面積，”州長補充說。“我們已經很多年沒見過這樣的事情了。”

Newsom pointed to two fires that have been blazing in Northern California as ranking among the 10 largest in the state's recorded history: The so-called LNU Lightning Complex burning in five wine-producing counties north and east of San Francisco covers 219,000 acres and is the 10th largest and 7% contained, while the SCU Lightning Complex is scorching 229,000 acres east of San Jose. It is the state's seventh-largest recorded wildfire and 10% contained.

紐森指出，在加州北部有兩起大火被列為該州有史以來最大的10起火災之一：在舊金山北部和東部五個葡萄酒生產縣發(fā)生的所謂的LNU閃電群大火占地21.9萬英畝，是第10大火災，占7%，圣何塞以東22.9萬英畝的土地正在被SCU閃電群燒焦。這是該州有記錄以來的第七大野火，其中10%被控制。

Newsom said five people have died in the fires, while Reuters reported that "43 fire fighters and civilians have been injured, and over 500 homes and other structures destroyed."

紐森說，有5人在火災中喪生，路透社報道說，“43名消防員和平民受傷，500多座房屋和其他建筑被毀。”

"These fires again are stretching our resources, stretching our personnel," the governor lamented. "We have over 12,000 firefighters now actively working to suppress these larger complex fires."

“這些大火再次消耗了我們的資源，消耗了我們的人員，”州長哀嘆道。“我們有超過1.2萬名消防員正在積極撲滅這些規(guī)模更大的復雜火災。”

Newsom expressed gratitude to fellow governors in states ranging from Texas to Washington who have sent equipment to help battle the blazes.

紐森對從得克薩斯州到華盛頓州的州長們表示感謝，感謝他們向災區(qū)提供救援設備。

"We now are engaged formally with mutual aid from 10 different states. We've been on the phone with governors all throughout the United States, not just the Western states, trying to reach out as far as the East Coast to see if we can get resources here into the state of California," he added. "And not one governor has not been responsive."

“我們現在正式與來自10個不同國家的互助進行接觸。我們不僅和西部各州的州長們通了電話，還和全美各地的州長們通了電話，試圖聯系到東海岸，看看我們是否能把資源送到加州。”他補充道。“沒有一位州長沒有做出回應。”

Still, Reuters reported that — according to a spokesperson for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known better as Cal Fire — of the 375 out-of-state fire crews California has requested, only 45 have arrived. Newsom blamed the manpower shortfall on increasing fire conditions in neighboring Western states.

據路透社報道，加州林業(yè)和消防局發(fā)言人表示，加州要求的375名州外消防隊員中，只有45人到達。紐森將人力短缺歸咎于鄰近的西部各州不斷增加的火災狀況。