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加州森林大火恐殃及電纜 消防人員奮力滅火

2006年08月02日
ENS美國加州,沙加緬度報導;謝芳怡編譯;莫聞審校

加州森林大火(圖片提供:Rick Hartigan)加州北部的森林大火恐危及從西北太平洋傳送電力到加州的電力線路,為此,消防人員上週末奮力滅火,避免火勢因風力而加遽,消防官員估計可在8月1日晚上將火勢完全撲滅。閃電所引發的拉金森林大火,在距離加州麥克勞德東北方26英里處延燒,與3條電力傳送線僅相距1.5英里。

Fire Crews Battle Raging Wildfire Under California Power Lines
SACRAMENTO, California, July 31, 2006 (ENS)
Firefighters raced winds this weekend to extinguish a fire in northern California that threatened three transmission lines carrying electricity from the Pacific Northwest into California. Fire managers expect full containment Tuesday evening. Sparked by lightning, the Lakin Fire, 26 miles northeast of McCloud, California is burning near three transmission lines located about 1.5 miles apart.