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作者: eqwai 時間: 2012-6-13 06:14 PM 標題: 科羅拉多山火濃煙遠罩丹佛市

美國科羅拉多州北部山林大火愈燒愈烈，連96公里外丹佛市亦被濃煙籠罩，令到消防飛機在空中灑水救火增添困難。這場大火已燒掉一萬7千多公頃的林木，還導致一名婦人死亡，一百多座建築物遭山火吞噬，並破壞一場婚禮，令到一對新人和親友急忙疏散，十分狼狽。 : b( p2 ^. B# x1 N

　　另外，南部新墨西哥也同樣發生山火，至少224幢民房被燒毀。為了加緊救火，諸如加州、阿拉斯加甚至加拿大都派出消防飛機前往救援。而新墨西哥州共派出一千名消防員救火。5.39.217.762 |) p2 }) c/ n/ M" D
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　　科羅拉多州眾議員也親筆致函中央林務局，說明山林大火災情嚴重，急需更多消防飛機。

　　目前美國西部適逢乾旱，有9個州至少發生了19宗大型山火。總統奧巴馬表示，聯邦政府準備提供大量人力物力等各方面的資源，協助救火。5.39.217.76; M# g/ {9 H9 U5 S( |6 M& |) Q

作者: vandas 時間: 2012-6-14 06:50 AM 標題: 美國西部山火 1死千人撤離

Woman burned to death in her own home as wildfires continue to rage in  Colorado and New Mexico  \0 a7 m$ O" [1 a/ @- g& e& U
By Daily Mail Reporter

The massive wildfires sweeping through  Colorado and New Mexico have claimed their first confirmed victim, as a woman  was found burned to death in her remote home.

Linda Steadman, 62, was reported missing  after the fire started on Saturday, and her remains were discovered on Monday at  her house in Larimer County, Colorado.
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Her home received two evacuation notices that  appeared to go to her answering machine, and a firefighter who tried to get past  a locked gate to her home to warn her was chased out by flames that he later saw  engulf the house.8 W, \% t1 H. X% S/ p# V1 |
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Ms Steadman's family issued a statement  saying she died in the cabin she loved.! {& [- L  o1 {) l

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Disaster: Fire crews work to contain the wildfire as it nears homes near Fort Collins, Colorado公仔箱論壇& j8 r* P. x: Z& |

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Rescue: A slurry bomber drops a load of retardant on the  wildfire, which has shown no signs of slowing down

The wildfires have tested the resources of  state and federal crews and underscored the need to replenish an aging U.S.  aerial firefighting fleet needed to combat a year-round fire  season.

Wyoming diverted personnel and aircraft from  two fires there to help with a 64-square-mile wildfire in northern Colorado.  Canada also lent two aerial bombers to fight the Colorado blaze following the  recent crash of a U.S. tanker in Utah. And an elite federal firefighting crew  arrived to try to begin containing a fire that destroyed at least 118  structures.

All told, about 600 firefighters will be  battling the fire some 15 miles west of Fort Collins by Tuesday, said incident  commander Bill Hahnenberg.

'We are a very high priority nationally. We  can get all the resources we want and need,' he said.5.39.217.76# @" x/ O' n2 f6 Z( R- W

The U.S. Forest Service said it would add  more aircraft to its aerial firefighting fleet, contracting one air tanker from  Alaska and four from Canada. Two more air tankers were being activated in  California.5.39.217.76* O8 L& n+ X- o8 Z, q
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Desperation: Tracy Greenwood embraces her daughter, Mariah Greenwood, as they watch the wildfire burn near their home west of Fort Collins

Spectators: People gather on a hill to watch the amazing  phenomenon that has raged for three days5.39.217.765 \9 d9 y% m  U% D

The announcement came after Colorado's U.S.  House delegation demanded that the agency deploy more resources to the fire,  which was totally uncontained and has forced hundreds of people to abandon their  homes.5.39.217.763 Y/ o, _! E" V% V9 l
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In a letter to the Forest Service, Colorado's  congressmen said the need for firefighting aircraft was 'dire.' Senator Mark  Udall urged Barack Obama to sign legislation that would allow the Forest Service  to contract at least seven large air tankers to add to its fleet of 13 - which  includes the two on loan from Canada.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。; E2 f7 }# l4 w: }% t, q( ?

The temporary additions to the firefighting  aircraft fleet will make 17 air tankers available to the forest service, which  has deployed 10 air tankers, 62 helicopters and 4,000 personnel to more than 100  fires nationwide.2 P1 h0 N/ t, L, ~$ h5 K
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One of the region's most potent aerial  firefighting forces - two Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s fitted to drop  slurry - sat on a runway in Cheyenne, 50 miles north of the Colorado fire. The  reason: the Forest Service, by law, cannot call for military resources until it  deems that its fleet is fully busy. It also takes 36 hours to mobilize the crews  and planes, officials said.

'They just haven't thrown the switch yet  because they feel like there are adequate resources available,' said Mike  Ferris, a spokesman for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise,  Idaho.8 A! n3 R" ?* C9 |; f* N/ c$ {6 y
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Fireball: A tree erupts into flames in Colorado as rescue workers battle to control the spread of the blaze公仔箱論壇) z2 E/ q. X* ^9 n4 \

Protection: A home near Fort Collins is surrounded by  slurry as the fire encroaches from the left of the image

Colorado was using five of 13 air tankers  available nationally, said Forest Service spokesman Steve Segin.公仔箱論壇" N  z! O' U1 A& J; k) e4 D
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Meanwhile, helicopters were used to suck  water from a reservoir and drop it on nearby homes dangerously close to the  flames.
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Evacuees expressed gratitude for the  help.

'They're doing the best they can,' said Barb  Hermsen as she watched a helicopter make daring raids through smoke and flame to  protect homes. 'We know how much they have to go through, and where they're  going - man, it's crazy.'

In New Mexico, firefighters used a break in  the hot and windy weather and got new air and ground support to battle a  fast-moving wildfire that charred tens of thousands of acres and forced hundreds  of residents to leave their homes in the southern part of the  state.' l7 z6 D2 C1 e: q7 ?- a. [
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Extent: This image published by Nasa shows how the  wildfire spread with help from high winds across the area公仔箱論壇" b% I' K' E7 L* F* @

Smoke filled the air in the mountain  community of Ruidoso as evacuees gathered at a high school gymnasium to get an  update on the lightning-sparked fire in the Sierra Blanca mountain range. The  blaze exploded over the weekend and reached more than 54 square miles by  Monday.
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An estimated 35 structures have been damaged  or destroyed by the blaze, and fire managers expect that number to grow once  damage assessments are done./ _. i9 Y2 }; r: d- V4 I
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Elsewhere in New Mexico, firefighters made  slow progress against the largest wildfire in state history. The blaze has  charred 435 square miles of forest since it was sparked by lightning in mid-May,  and was 37 percent contained Monday.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! h" f1 S4 J4 T0 o9 K/ y: M
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Some 1,459 square miles have burned across  the country this year - less than the same period in 2011, when 6,327 square  miles burned.
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作者: vandas 時間: 2012-6-14 06:50 AM

【明報專訊】導致1人死亡、數千居民疏散的美國西部科羅拉多州和新墨西哥州野火蔓延多日，當局稱火勢已稍稍得到控制。 $ z3 w$ Q7 c; Y0 {& L3 b; u

9日爆發的野火在強風和高溫助長下一度失去控制，目前已在科羅拉多州蔓延約176平方公里，摧毀100多棟建築，濃煙甚至擴散到內布拉斯加、堪薩斯和得克薩斯州。大風等惡劣天氣，加之森林茂密、地形複雜，給救援工作帶來了很大困難。

拉瑞莫縣警長辦公室12日證實，這是該縣25年來最為嚴重的火災，已造成一名62歲女子Linda Steadman死亡。目前在空中支援下，地面消防員人工搭設防火帶取得進展，但並未公布火勢得到遏制的確切數字。當局判斷，野火很可能是因雷擊所致。

另在新墨西哥州，由於前幾天的大風天氣終於在11日有了短暫停歇，消防人員抓緊機會從空中和地面滅火，使得波及140平方公里的大火有30%得到控制。火災規模雖不比科州，卻也是當地有史以來最大山火，至少36棟建築被毀。由於火區離民房較近，重災區魯伊索多鎮已疏散了數百人。截至目前，美國今年全國各地火災面積達到3779平方公里，大大低於2011年同期數據。

作者: vandas 時間: 2012-6-14 06:53 AM

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作者: vandas 時間: 2012-6-14 06:57 AM

Denver engulfed by smoke as wildfires continue to tear through Colorado and  eight other statesTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 b8 m: {& B/ A" C$ V' s6 K% \/ ^  i
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Denver was covered in a blanket of pungent  smoke today as wildfires continued to tear through parts of northern Colorado,  60 miles from the city.

The cloud of smoke lasted several hours and  stopped firefighters from battling the spreading mountain blaze from the  sky./ ^; z& T( |" X% H9 h( [. x
Elderly residents, children and those prone  to asthma were urged to stay indoors as downtown Denver was shrouded in an  orange glow and thick smoke, as at least 18 other fires raged across nine  states.
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Smoke: Heavy smoke shrouds Denver, pictured, on Tuesday  as he wildfires continue to rage in northern Colorado

The foothills stretching north to Fort  Collins were almost entirely obscured, while motorists driving on highways  nearer the 68-square-mile blaze could see just a mile in front of  them.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, D; i2 `9 L2 O9 J$ i

Smoke temporarily grounded the air attack on  the High Park Fire, which has killed one person and destroyed more than 100  buildings including scores of homes

But helicopters and tanker planes were able  to take to the skies by midday.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。' L: y  L/ k& A; e5 g

In southern New Mexico, firefighters  made  progress on a 56-square-mile fire that forced hundreds of residents to evacuate  near the mountain village of Ruidoso. 公仔箱論壇/ N" {# [) F4 V+ L* o! @; \. N
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At least 175 homes and outbuildings  have  burned and Ruidoso town spokesman Kerry Gladden said they were  still assessing  the damage.

Govenor Susana Martinez toured the area and  declared a state of emergency to free funding and firefighting resources. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! t: v: r9 m. }6 ?) d6 {
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Sky: Fire crews, pictured, were able to take to the skies from midday

Glow: The smoke shrouding the Fort Collins, Colorado, region was lit up with an orange glow, pictured
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Flames: Trees in Colorado burn and plumes of smoke rise  over the High Park Fire west of Fort Collins0 E+ O& r; h0 T9 h" z& M5 v4 q# o$ \

'It's truly heartbreaking to see the damage  done to this beautiful part of the country,' Ms Martinez said.
Colorado's Larimer County authorities allowed  some residents to return home but issued 25 more evacuation notices to residents  on the fire's western flank
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The Colorado fire is just five per cent  contained. & W4 [* g% I% i
As many as 800 firefighters are expected to  be out battling the blaze on Wednesday and 10 air tankers and 14 water dropping  helicopters will be trying to tame the inferno from the sky.
According to authorities and her family,  Linda Steadman, 62, died inside her mountain cabin after she received two  evacuation warnings. A firefighter tried to reach the cabin before fire overtook  the site, Sheriff Justin Smith said.( _9 Y+ `! m, f* a
Wildfires in the drought-stricken West have  tested federal resources.
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U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell  announced on Monday that the agency  was contracting eight heavy air tankers to  increase the aging national  fleet to 17.公仔箱論壇. p6 D2 \: C8 I0 E+ s" C% j

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Spectators: People watched as the wildfire, pictured, continued to burn out of control

Evacuated: Hundreds of residents have been evacuated from their homes due to the flames, pictured

Raging: The Colorado inferno is one of at least 19 fires raging across the U.S.

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But Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet  urged President Barack Obama to sign a bill that would allow the Forest Service  to buy as many as seven large air tankers outright.
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With at least 19 large fires burning in nine  states, Mr Obama called Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper on Tuesday to assure  him the federal government was ready to provide personnel, equipment and  emergency grants for Colorado and other states battling fire. 5.39.217.765 w9 |) U1 L8 k, W3 a% Z1 I
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Mr Obama also tried to reach Martinez, but  her office said poor reception in the fire zone kept the two from  connecting.4 a, E% b5 s1 M" c
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A four-square-mile blaze at Guernsey State  Park in Wyoming is 80 per cent contained and six helicopters and 600 firefighters are deployed.

Firefighters contained 95 per cent of a  13-square-mile fire in Medicine Bow National Forest and completely contained a  1,700-acre fire in Weston County.

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