消防員救火需要大量用水，導(dǎo)致美國明尼蘇達(dá)州的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)無水可用

　　美國明尼蘇達(dá)州霍利市（美聯(lián)社）——據(jù)官方消息，為了撲滅因運(yùn)輸糧食的升降設(shè)備起火而引發(fā)的糧倉大規(guī)?；馂?zāi)，消防員不得不消耗大量水資源，導(dǎo)致該鎮(zhèn)無水可用，學(xué)校課程也因此取消。

　　目前火災(zāi)的具體原因尚不清楚，消防局已開始調(diào)查。霍利市行政長官倫尼·紐納（Lonnie Neuner）指出，來自17個(gè)社區(qū)的消防隊(duì)員奮戰(zhàn)了近8小時(shí)，最終控制住了這場猛烈的大火，所幸沒有人員受傷的報(bào)告。

　　紐納進(jìn)一步解釋道，由于鎮(zhèn)上的供水設(shè)施難以滿足需求，消防員甚至動(dòng)用了當(dāng)?shù)馗郀柗蚯驁龅乃?。?jù)紐納透露，消防車的云梯水炮每分鐘耗水量約為600加侖，幾乎相當(dāng)于霍利市整個(gè)供水系統(tǒng)的抽水能力。他預(yù)計(jì)市政當(dāng)局“很快 ”就會(huì)恢復(fù)正常供水。

　　此次火災(zāi)導(dǎo)致運(yùn)輸糧食的升降設(shè)備完全損毀。周一上午，消防員繼續(xù)對殘存的余燼進(jìn)行噴水處理，同時(shí)調(diào)用了一臺(tái)反鏟挖掘機(jī)清理受損建筑殘余。

　　霍利警察局局長喬·巴克倫德（Joe Baklund）表示，附近的另一座建筑物因飛散的余燼起火，造成了輕微損害。

Firefighters needed so much water that a Minnesota town had to go without

　　HAWLEY, Minn. (AP) — Firefighters needed so much water to battle a huge grain elevator blaze that they had to ask the whole town to go without — even canceling school to conserve the water supply, officials said.

　　The cause of the fire isn’t yet known; a fire marshal began an investigation. It took firefighters responding from 17 communities about eight hours to extinguish the blaze in the town of about 2,200 people, which was reported about 11 p.m. Sunday, said Hawley City Administrator Lonnie Neuner. No injuries were reported.

　　Firefighters even used water from the local golf course because the town’s water tower couldn’t keep up, Neuner said. Their ladder hoses each use about 600 gallons a minute, about as much as Hawley’s system can pump, Neuner said. He expected the city would allow water usage to resume “pretty soon.”

　　The elevator was fully engulfed and destroyed. Monday morning, a backhoe began tearing down what was left of the structure as firefighters sprayed water on the smoldering remains.

　　A nearby building caught fire and suffered minor damage from blowing embers, Hawley Police Chief Joe Backlund said.