美国一小镇运输粮食的升降设备起火引发粮仓大规模火灾

消防员救火需要大量用水，导致美国明尼苏达州的一个小镇无水可用

　　美国明尼苏达州霍利市（美联社）——据官方消息，为了扑灭因运输粮食的升降设备起火而引发的粮仓大规模火灾，消防员不得不消耗大量水资源，导致该镇无水可用，学校课程也因此取消。

　　目前火灾的具体原因尚不清楚，消防局已开始调查。霍利市行政长官伦尼·纽纳（Lonnie Neuner）指出，来自17个社区的消防队员奋战了近8小时，最终控制住了这场猛烈的大火，所幸没有人员受伤的报告。

　　纽纳进一步解释道，由于镇上的供水设施难以满足需求，消防员甚至动用了当地高尔夫球场的水源。据纽纳透露，消防车的云梯水炮每分钟耗水量约为600加仑，几乎相当于霍利市整个供水系统的抽水能力。他预计市政当局“很快 ”就会恢复正常供水。

　　此次火灾导致运输粮食的升降设备完全损毁。周一上午，消防员继续对残存的余烬进行喷水处理，同时调用了一台反铲挖掘机清理受损建筑残余。

　　霍利警察局局长乔·巴克伦德（Joe Baklund）表示，附近的另一座建筑物因飞散的余烬起火，造成了轻微损害。

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.