更新時間 2010年 2月 8日, 格林尼治標準時間02:45
發生爆炸事故的克里恩發電廠原計劃今年夏天交付使用。
美國康涅狄格州的一座發電廠發生巨大爆炸。當地官員說，至少有五人死亡，12人受傷。
電廠所在地米德爾城的市長吉烏拉諾說，周日（2月7日）發生在克里恩電廠的這次事故是由一次瓦斯爆炸引起的。居住在50公里之外的居民說，他們的房屋受到震動。
報道說，有人被壓在倒塌的電廠建築瓦礫之中。吉烏拉諾說，搜救小組正在現場仔細尋找倖存者。
吉烏拉諾市長在周日晚上舉行的一次新聞發佈會上說，死者身份尚未公布，也尚未通知死者家屬。
他說，這座新建的天然氣發電廠目前僅完工95%，計劃將於夏天投入使用。電廠是在進行一系列瓦斯測試時發生爆炸的。
他還說，在電廠工地上工作的共有100到200人，分別來自多家公司。事故發生時具體有多少人在現場尚不清楚，但在進行瓦斯測試之前許多人已被疏散。
當地消防部門負責人稍早時說，爆炸發生時有大約50名建築工人正在工地上工作。
他說，趕往現場的消防隊員至少有100人，一個小時後才控制住火勢。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2010/02/100208_us_powerplant_explosion.shtml/
康涅狄格氣電廠體爆炸事故 '達50人死亡'
Connecticut gas explosion at power plant 'leaves up to 50 dead'
A huge explosion at a US power plant on Sunday may have left up to 50 people dead, authorities said.
週日一美國發電廠的巨大爆炸，可能已經遺下多達 50人死亡，當局說。
By Nick Allen in Los Angeles
Published: 6:57PM GMT 07 Feb 2010
The explosion shook houses at least 10 miles (16 kilometers) away Photo: CTNOW.COM爆炸震動至少10哩（16公里）外的房屋 圖片：CTNOW.COM
There were fears up to 250 may have been injured in the blast at a gas-fired power plant in Connecticut.
有擔心高達 250人可能已在康涅狄格州天然氣發電廠的爆炸中受傷。
Two people were confirmed dead last night but rescuers were continuing to comb the wreckage of the plant, which is owned by Kleen Energy Systems. At least four of the injured were in a critical condition.
“The reports vary from a few, several to possibly as many as 50 dead,” a Middlesex hospital spokesman, Brian Albert said. “They are in the process of search and rescue.”
“報告變化很大，由少數幾個人至可能多達 50人死亡，”一位米德爾塞克斯醫院發言人布賴恩阿爾貝說， “他們正在搜索和救援過程中。”
The explosion at the plant on the Connecticut River in Middletown was felt 30 miles away and many people thought it was an earthquake. A huge grey plume of smoke rose into the sky overhead.
在Middletown康涅狄格河的電廠爆炸，30哩外也可感到，很多人以為是地震，頭上有巨大而灰色的羽毛煙霧升上天空。
One witness said there were “bodies everywhere” and others said more victims could be buried in rubble.
一名目擊者說“屍橫遍野”，和其他人說更多的受害者可能埋在瓦礫中。
More than 20 ambulances were scrambled to the scene and helicopters airlifted victims to hospitals.
The explosion was believed to have happened during a test of the 620 megawatt gas-fired power station’s generating systems. It was due to come online on June 1.
爆炸相信是發生在測試620兆瓦的天然氣發電廠的發電系統時，它在6月1日到期上線 。
A natural gas pipeline was said to have exploded and flames were seen shooting out of it. The new plant would have been one of the largest in Connecticut and up to 1,000 people had been working on construction.
Regulatory issues and disputes with city administrators had held up construction for almost a decade.
Witnesses said homes were shaken and black smoke was seen for many miles after the explosion. One nearby resident said the blast made him think someone had driven a car into his house.
Worshippers at a nearby church service thought there had been an earthquake.
A witness looking at the destruction across the Connecticut River said the main plant building seemed to have been flattened.
A Middletown police officer, Kevin White, said he did not know how many people were on site at the time of the accident but there were “mass casualties”.
Mr White said tests were being run at the time.
Middletown, a college town, is 23 miles south of the state capital Hartford.
The explosion was felt in neighbouring towns as far away as East Haven, a distance of 30 miles.
A spokeswoman at Middlesex Hospital said a command centre was being set up to deal with the incident. “We don’t know what we’ve got at the moment,” she added.
A Middletown fire department deputy fire marshal, Al Santostefano, said there were 50 construction workers on the site at the time of the explosion. “It was a massive explosion” he said.
Mr Santostefano said the explosion was related to natural gas. There were a number of buildings on the natural gas pipeline, and the explosion occurred at the back of the largest building on the site.
A fire there caused by the gas explosion took an hour to contain and there were 100 firefighters at the scene.
Mr Santostefano said: “It’s possible that there might be people trapped in the rubble. There was a lot of steel, from what I could see.”
He said rescue teams, including dogs, were trying to see “if there are any survivors” “They were doing some kind of testing, we don’t know what kind, but something obviously went wrong and there was a large explosion,” said Chuck Jabobeucci, a Middletown police sergeant.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7183316/Connecticut-gas-explosion-at-power-plant-leaves-up-to-50-dead.html
簡訊：美國康州電站發生爆炸
更新時間 2010年 2月 7日, 格林尼治標準時間18:09
美國康涅狄格州的中州鎮一座發電站發生爆炸，多人傷亡。
中州鎮位於康涅狄格州首府哈特福德以南。
據當地政府說，爆炸至少導致兩人死亡，數十人受傷。
救護車和消防車被派往這座總容量為620萬千瓦的燃氣發電站。
當地居民說，該發電站的一個輸氣管在當地時間周日上午11點半左右發生爆炸，一度火焰衝天。
目擊者說，當時的感覺就像是發生了震動，幾英里外都能看見黑煙。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2010/02/100204_brief_us_blast.shtml
穗化工廠泄漏村民集體逃亡
(明報)2010年2月8日 星期一 17:30
位於廣州南沙黃閣鎮小虎島的沙多瑪化工公司昨日上午11時發生丙烯酸酯泄漏事故，刺鼻味道襲向小虎村。
數千村民們一個小時內在雨中坐汽車、騎單車、開電單車，甚至跑步離開村莊。
有關部門透露，小虎島的沙多瑪化工公司發生丙烯酸酯泄漏事故，中午12時已經控制險情。刺激性氣味緣於丙烯酸酯的泄漏。業內人士介紹，丙烯酸酯有毒但毒性不強。黃閣鎮醫院表示，收治了10多名覺得不適的村民。
《廣州日報》報道，村民余先生趕緊跨上電單車，在大雨中狂奔20分鐘，駛出黃閣鎮，才聞不到刺激性氣體。村民黃先生表示，村子有4000多人，至少跑了九成，沒車坐的，跑不動的只能在家裏。
這是該村近年來第二次緊急疏散。資料顯示，2006年4月9日晚9時30分，小虎村粵海大道珂迪樹脂有限公司一存放化學品材料的倉庫突發火災，並發生兩次爆炸，周圍上千人緊急自發疏散。據查火災原因為化學品自燃，起火燃燒的化學品為劇毒的工業用二氯甲烷。
（中新社）
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100208/4/giaw.html
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