美國一小鎮運輸糧食的升降設備起火引發糧倉大規模火災

消防員救火需要大量用水，導致美國明尼蘇達州的一個小鎮無水可用

　　美國明尼蘇達州霍利市（美聯社）——據官方消息，為了撲滅因運輸糧食的升降設備起火而引發的糧倉大規模火災，消防員不得不消耗大量水資源，導致該鎮無水可用，學校課程也因此取消。

　　目前火災的具體原因尚不清楚，消防局已開始調查。霍利市行政長官倫尼·紐納（Lonnie Neuner）指出，來自17個社區的消防隊員奮戰了近8小時，最終控制住了這場猛烈的大火，所幸沒有人員受傷的報告。

　　紐納進一步解釋道，由于鎮上的供水設施難以滿足需求，消防員甚至動用了當地高爾夫球場的水源。據紐納透露，消防車的云梯水炮每分鐘耗水量約為600加侖，幾乎相當于霍利市整個供水系統的抽水能力。他預計市政當局“很快 ”就會恢復正常供水。

　　此次火災導致運輸糧食的升降設備完全損毀。周一上午，消防員繼續對殘存的余燼進行噴水處理，同時調用了一臺反鏟挖掘機清理受損建筑殘余。

　　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.