The head of China’s second-largest oil company apologised on Saturday for a crude oil explosion that killed at least 47 people in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao.
上周六，中国第二大石油企业中石化(Sinopec)高管为在华东港口城市青岛发生的一起至少造成47人丧生的原油爆燃事故发出道歉。(最新更新，根据中国官方的中央电视台消息，死亡人数已经上升至52人。)
A damaged pipeline leaked crude oil into city storm sewers in the early hours of Friday morning. Two massive explosions ripped through city streets hours later, while workers were attempting to repair the leak and contain oil spreading from the drainage outlets into the bay. The precise cause of the original damage to the line and of the subsequent explosions is under investigation.
上周五凌晨时分，破裂的输油管线导致原油泄漏，流入青岛市的雨水排放管道。几个小时后，正当工人们企图修复裂缝并围堵从排水口排往海湾的原油时，两起巨大的爆炸震荡了该市大街小巷。关于管线最初破裂及随后发生爆炸的准确原因，目前正在调查之中。
In addition to those killed, more than 130 people have been injured, many severely. Photographs from Qingdao showed bodies with limbs missing, shattered pavement and cars flung against trees.
事故中除了47人丧生外，还有逾130人受伤，其中多人伤势严重。来自青岛的照片显示，现场满是肢体残缺的尸体、支离破碎的人行道、以及被炸飞到树上的汽车。
Sinopec chairman Fu Chengyu apologised to “the people of Qingdao and of the nation” for the loss of life and property in a statement released via the company’s Twitter-like Weibo feed.
中石化董事长傅成玉在通过中石化微博发布的一则声明中为事故造成的生命财产损失向“青岛人民和全国人民”深深致歉。
Crude oil pipelines in the city have been shut off, meaning the region’s two major refineries and several smaller ones are drawing down inventories. Ships were warned away from the port due to the spill and Sinopec halted crude and oil product purchases, Reuters reported.
目前青岛市的原油输油管线已经关闭，这意味着该地区两家主要的炼油厂以及几个规模较小的炼油厂目前正在使用自身库存维持运转。据路透社报道，因原油泄漏构成风险，船舶被警告不要进入青岛港，此外中石化也停止了原油和成品油的采购活动。
An explosion at a PetroChina crude offloading line in the northeastern port city of Dalian in 2010 disrupted port operations for weeks. The resulting oil slick destroyed fishing along Dalian’s rocky coast.
2010年，东北港口城市大连曾因中石油(PetroChina)原油卸载管线爆炸而导致港口中断运营数周之久。事故导致的海面浮油对大连海岸沿线的渔业活动造成了毁灭性打击。
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