哥伦比亚公交车火灾 30多人死亡_社会生活

哥伦比亚公交车火灾 30多人死亡

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-05-19 07:34 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A bus in northern Colombia has caught fire, killing¹ at least 30 people, most of them believed to be children under 14.

哥伦比亚北部地区一辆公交车起火，造成至少30人死亡，其中大多数是14岁以下的儿童。

Police warned that the number of deaths could rise

They were returning from an event at an evangelical（福音派教会的） Christian² church near the city of Fundacion.

It is not known why the fire started, but local media said the bus may have been used for smuggling³ petrol.

A local police spokesman, Colonel Adan Leon, said 18 people had been found alive at the scene of the accident.

But he warned that the number of deaths could rise.

Colombian media reported that some local residents complained that the firefighters had not responded quickly enough to the tragedy.

Pictures on local media websites showed the charred⁴, smoking frame of the burned bus.

President Juan Manuel Santos said he would visit the city soon.

Fundacion is about 750 kilometres north of Bogota, close to the Caribbean coast.

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1 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 Christian
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
参考例句：
They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。 His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 smuggling
n.走私
参考例句：
Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。 The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

4 charred
v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式)；烧焦
参考例句：
the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸 The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。来自《简明英汉词典》