2月7日,澳大利亚爆发森林大火,已使181人死亡。这一数字超过了1983年造成75人死亡的那次火灾,成为澳大昨历史最严重的森林大火。在受灾最严重的维多利亚州,共计有400多处山火,至少750处房屋和2200平方公里的土地遭大火横扫。尽管一些地区的火情得到控制,但该州仍有12处大火,而且大风天气助长了火势,有蔓延至其他地区的危险。 On 7 February, a forest fire in Australia killed 181 people. This figure surpassed the one that caused 75 deaths in 1983 and became the most serious forest fire in Australia’s history. In Victoria, the hardest hit country, a total of more than 400 mountain fires have killed over 750 homes and 2,200 square kilometers of land. Although the fire in some areas is under control, there are still 12 fires in the state, and windy weather is fueling the fire and threatening to spread to other areas.