BBC:澳大利亚火灾威胁迫使学校关闭

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Australia fire fear shuts schools a5 T( o& y; z/ |& [) U Page last updated at 11:37 GMT, Friday, 27 February 2009 下载 (16.02 KB) 昨天 02:56 Firefighters are prepared for worsening conditions V; A- D More than 200 schools have been closed in south-eastern Australia as the government warned of an intensified fire risk ahead of the weekend A lack of rain and a predicted change in wind has made conditions the most dangerous in recent weeks. ) H( ?- M  J" W8 E* e* ~; A" b lSome people have already chosen to leave their homes.  : v8 W1 H9 s) `2 s8 K9 h8 ]   ^8 z5 }# m  e6 W# Z# c% a1 G More than 3,000 firefighters are still fighting major blazes following the 7 February firestorm that killed 210 people and left thousands homeless. j" z  n  x* `- q7 y Temperatures are predicted to rise towards 40C (104F), accompanied by high winds and low humidity.   'Leave now'   m1 N* H4 q4 j; N Volunteer firefighter David Spooner, who lost his wife and son in the 7 February inferno, urged anyone in fire zones to get out early.  . H$ M- `" R( o7 n8 u4 P " c( {, f0 P4 T% R/ L "After our experience, I'd consider leaving right now, particularly if you live in an area where there is only one road in and out of the place," Mr Spooner told local radio.   "In a normal bushfire year you do stand a chance but with the conditions now, with all the dry foliage and undergrowth and what not, I'd go, I'd just go. I wouldn't hang around," he said. The state of Victoria was put on a high fire alert and dozens of fires continue to burn there.   z$ K0 O: L5 B& [ "We have an extremely dry fuel load, and therefore extreme fire danger," Victoria's state emergency services commissioner Bruce Esplin told reporters.  ! l1 u, P% _/ ~# \& ?8 Y  s said people in areas near the fires needed to decide early whether to evacuate their homes, or stay and defend their properties, adding it was too late to leave once the flames were in sight. O/ C& r Many of those killed 20 days ago died in their cars as they attempted to outrun the fires. 2 O- y: p. K! y- m% e2 z; x $ h* P8 g8 }- D4 u; g0 J) a0 B- O& D The country's biggest-ever arson investigation is continuing into the causes of some of the fires.  6 p! e3 x: n$ W7 C) ? 4 Q! ^$ s: [' p- y; L One man has already been charged with starting one of the blazes and police suspect arson in at least one other case. 译文 澳大利亚火灾威胁迫使学校关闭 关键词 威胁 大火 学校 关闭 本页最后更新于格林尼治时间2009年2月27日11 ：37 星期五 消防员准备应对更严峻的形势。 在澳大利亚东南方超过200个学校由于政府的火灾威胁增强预警而在周末之前关闭。 少雨和风向预测的失误导致现在的情形是最近几个星期来最糟的。一些人已经决定离开他们的家。 超过3000个消防员还在扑救2月7日大火的遗留火点，这场大火杀死210个人，让几千个人无家可归。 温度预测将达到40摄氏度（104华氏度），同时还伴有大风，湿度也很低。 “尽快撤离” 火灾志愿者大卫斯普纳，他的妻子和儿子死在了2月7日那场大火中，力劝所有在火灾区域的人尽早离开。 “以我们的经验，我想尽快就走，特别是你的居住地只有一条与外界相通的道路。”斯普纳先生告诉当地电台。 “在通常山林大火的年份，你的确还有机会，但是以现在的情况-所有的树叶和灌木丛都非常干，我会走，立刻就走。我不会逗留。”他说。 维多利亚州升起了一个大火预警，数十处火灾还在那燃烧。 “我们州的树木非常干燥，这样危险也就更高，”维多利亚州的紧急状况委员布鲁斯·埃斯平告诉记者。他说那些靠近火灾现场的人在看到火后，花了太多的时间去考虑是否该赶紧疏散还是该留下抢救他们的财物，这致使他们根本没有时间逃离现场。20天前很多人想开车逃离现场，却不幸死在了车上。 澳大利亚正在调查这起迄今为止最大的纵火案。 澳大利亚警方已拘捕一名纵火疑犯，他将被指控纵火等数项罪名。