Fires kill over 1,500 Chinese in 2006
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Chinanews, BEIJING, Jan. 2 - Nearly 223,000 fires occurred in China last year, leaving 1,517 people dead and 1,418 injured, the Ministry1 of Public Security announced on Monday.

 

"The number of fires decreased by 5.6 percent from the previous year, the death toll2 down by 39.3 percent and the number of injured dropping by 43.5 percent," said a spokesman for the ministry's fire control bureau.

 

Fires caused 784 million yuan (98 million U.S. dollars) in losses, down 42.6 percent over 2005, he said.

 



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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
2 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
参考例句:
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
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