江蘇鹽城爆炸事故已致47人遇難 習近平作出重要指示
中國日報網 2019-03-22 14:09
2019年3月21日14:48左右,江蘇省鹽城市響水縣陳家港鎮生態化工園區內的江蘇天嘉宜化工有限公司發生爆炸。
Death toll climbs to 47 in the explosion at a chemical factory in Yancheng, Jiangsu province. 90 were seriously injured.
江蘇鹽城化工廠爆炸事故死亡人數升至47人,重傷90人。
【詞匯解釋】
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正赴國外訪問途中的中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習近平對江蘇響水天嘉宜化工有限公司“3·21”爆炸事故作出重要指示:
Xi said all-out efforts must be made to search those trapped, and the injured must be timely treated and relief work must be well done to maintain social stability. Meanwhile, environment monitoring and early warning should be strengthened to prevent environmental pollution as well as secondary disasters.
要求全力搶險救援,搜救被困人員,及時救治傷員,做好善后工作,切實維護社會穩定。要加強監測預警,防控發生環境污染,嚴防發生次生災害。
The Tianjiayi chemical plant, which was established in 2007, is a producer of over 30 organic chemical compounds, including anisole, m-Phenylenediamine and para-Phenylenediamine, many of which are flammable and toxic, according to its website.
官網信息顯示,天嘉宜成立于2007年,主要生產苯甲醚、間苯二胺以及對間苯二胺等30多種有機化合物,其中很多化合物為易燃有毒產品。
According to the city's environmental protection authority, the explosion had a negative influence on the air quality in the chemical park and its surrounding areas within a 500-meter radius.
當地環保部門表示,爆炸會對化工廠及周邊500米范圍地區的空氣質量產生不良影響。
No residents are living in the chemical park, while all people nearby have been evacuated. And there are no drinking water sources downstream of the accident site, it added.
環保部門同時表示,化工廠內沒有人居住,周邊居民也已被撤離。爆發事故地點下游也沒有飲用水源。
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The company had been ordered by State Administration of Work Safety Ministry, the predecessor of Ministry of Emergency Management, to rectify its 13 hidden safety hazards in 2018, including leaking valve on its storage tank.
2018年,原國家安監總局,應急管理部前身,曾要求天嘉宜整改儲存罐閥門泄漏等13條安全隱患。
在國家安全監督總局辦公廳的官網上,涉事的企業有13項安全隱患被通報,其中有4項直接涉及到苯;尤其有一條是,苯、甲醇裝卸現場無防泄漏應急處置措施,這可能是造成可燃物泄漏并爆炸的主要原因之一。
And earlier in 2016, the company was fined by the county's ecological and environmental protection bureau for violating the solid waste management and environmental impact assessment regulations. It was punished again a year later for disobeying air pollution and solid waste management regulations in 2017, according to Qichacha, a data bank that tracks business registration information in China.
企業登記信息數據庫企查查信息顯示,早在2016年,天嘉宜就曾因為違法固體廢物管理及環境影響測評規定被前國家環保總局罰款。2017年,該公司又因為違法空氣污染及固體廢物管理規定被處罰。
爆炸事故后如何保護自己?
首先,爆炸引起的泄漏,會造成相關物料泄漏。
苯、對苯二胺等物質(以及它們的不完全燃燒產物)在泄漏后,有可能會對當地的水源造成危害,這是目前最需要關注的問題。當地應該立刻對大氣和水體進行污染物監測(air and water pollutants monitoring)。當地人應盡可能補充新鮮潔凈的水源(store clean drinking water),最好能夠供接下來3~4天飲用。
其次,苯的沸點低,揮發成氣體后,也會造成吸入性傷害。
一般的口罩不能防氣態污染物(gaseous pollutants),防毒面具才可以。比較合理的救助方式是,將當地群眾盡可能遷移到出事點10公里以外的地區(local residents should be relocated at least 10 km away from the explosion site),避免遭受有毒空氣的傷害。等到環境監測顯示空氣中苯的濃度恢復到正常水平時,再回到原來的住所。
所幸的是,當地是平原環境,擴散條件好,恢復到安全水平應該不需要太長時間。(以上部分來自果殼:Guokr42)
【相關詞匯】
死亡人數 death toll
傷亡人員 casualty
營救 rescue
疏散 evacuate
緊急救援隊 emergency team
有機化合物 organic chemical compounds
安全隱患 hidden safety hazards
(中國日報網英語點津 Helen)