Bushfires: state of emergency
澳大利亚森林大火进入紧急状态
The worst bushfires the Australian state of New South Wales has seen in decades are defying all efforts to put them out. A state of emergency was declared on Sunday. Fire service chiefs say no mass evacuations have been ordered yet.
澳大利亚新南威尔士州遭遇了几十年来最严重的森林大火，所有灭火活动受阻。周日，政府宣布进入紧急状态。消防部门领导表示，目前还没有下令大面积撤离。
(SOUNDBITE)(English) SHANE FITZSIMMONS, NEW SOUTH WALES RURAL FIRE SERVICE COMMISSIONER, SAYING: "There hasn't been forced evacuations. We are seeing and continuing to see a very responsive, a very measured, a very considered community that's heeding advice and making decisions and, where appropriate, choosing to relocate and follow that advice."
新南威尔士州消防部门委员SHANE FITZSIMMONS：“目前还没有强制撤离。我们看到的是反应非常快，非常慎重，考虑非常周全的社区，他们提供建议，做出决定，恰当的时候选择转移，采纳建议。”
On Monday 58 fires were still burning, more than ten of them uncontained. One man's died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed since the fires took hold on October 17th.
周一，58起大火仍在燃烧，其中超过10起未得到控制。自10月17日大火开始蔓延以来，已有1人死亡，数百座房屋被毁。
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