南非某养老院发生火灾 18人死亡
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A fire at a retirement1 home in South Africa has left 18 people dead.

南非一座养老院发生火灾,导致18人死亡。

Several more were injured in the blaze, which broke out at around 2100 (1900 GMT) on Sunday, 50km (30 miles) south-east of Johannesburg.

The cause of the fire, which gutted2 the Pieter Wessels retirement home in Nigel, is not yet known.

Some 84 residents(居民,房客) were safely evacuated3 to a church, local media said, and several received medical treatment.

Smoke inhalation

The fire was reported by security guards who saw flames billowing(汹涌,翻腾) from the building.

"The building was engulfed4 in(被淹没,被吞没) flames and emergency personnel leaped into action to rescue the aged5 from the burning building," emergency services spokesman Chris Botha said.

Emergency workers searched the home after the fire was extinguished(熄灭,灭绝) and found the remains6 of 17 victims inside.

An 18th resident died of a suspected heart attack shortly after having been evacuated from the building, reports said.

One man, who reportedly suffered 40% burns in the fire, was airlifted(空运) to a hospital in Johannesburg.

Two others with serious injuries were taken to local hospitals, with paramedics(护理人员) treating the rest for smoke inhalation(吸入) at the church.

A security guard told reporters of his efforts to rescue elderly residents from the burning building.

"Maybe I saved eight or nine people but some of them were too big and I could not carry them," the guard told the news agency Agence France Presse.



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1 retirement TWoxH     
n.退休,退职
参考例句:
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
2 gutted c134ad44a9236700645177c1ee9a895f     
adj.容易消化的v.毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的过去式和过去分词 );取出…的内脏
参考例句:
  • Disappointed? I was gutted! 失望?我是伤心透了!
  • The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 evacuated b2adcc11308c78e262805bbcd7da1669     
撤退者的
参考例句:
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
4 engulfed 52ce6eb2bc4825e9ce4b243448ffecb3     
v.吞没,包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
  • The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 aged 6zWzdI     
adj.年老的,陈年的
参考例句:
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
6 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
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