烈嶼地雷午夜驚爆有驚無險

A sudden landmine explosion at midnight on December 3rd in the Donggang coast landmine zone, Leiyu Township, left a two meter hole in the ground. Fortunately, this explosion, caused by burning garbage, did not result in (1) fatalities (2).
　 烈嶼鄉東崗海岸雷區三日午夜傳出驚爆，炸出一個直徑寬約兩公尺的坑洞。這起爆炸案，是白天焚燒垃圾引起的，所幸並未釀成更大的災情。

The incident took place in the Donggang coast landmine zone, starting with the burning of garbage and other waste near the right side of Donggang ocean outlet (3) at 3:30 pm December 3rd. Due to the heavy northeast monsoon (4) and ocean winds, the sparks (5) were carried by the wind into the landmine zone causing a fire alarm. It was then discovered by the nearby garrison (6) command, who immediately reported a fire alarm to Leiyu Fire Department. Commander of Leiyu Defense Command Zhang, Jing-Yang (張景陽) rushed to the fire scene to supervise the entire firefighting procedure. Upon receiving the news, Leiyu Township Office secretary Lu, He-Cheng (呂合成) proceeded to the site to get a full picture of the unfortunate incident.
　 這起東崗海岸雷區驚爆案起因於三日下午三時三十分許有人在東崗出海口右側焚燒垃圾和雜物；由於東北季風和海風強勁，火星隨著風勢飄進雷區引起火警。經附近駐軍官兵發現後，馬上回報火警及通報烈嶼消防分隊，烈指部指揮官張景陽趕到火警現場指揮救災，烈嶼鄉公所秘書呂合成聞訊也到場了解災情。

The first wave of the fire was suppressed (7) at 5 pm December 3rd. However, at 7 pm that night, the Incident Safety Officers discovered that the fire had re-established itself with several fire spots in the Donggang coast landmine zone. The fact that it is a landmine zone increased the difficulties in bringing the fire under control. Zhang, Jing-Yang contacted G4S Security Services Taiwan (士瑞克) for assistance. G4S is the landmine clearance agency in Taiwan. Four landmine clearance specialists were sent to the incident site and were able to open up a route for firefighters by using metal detectors. This enabled firefighters to get into the fire scene and put out the fire.
　 第一波火警在三日下午五時許撲滅。不料，當天晚間七時許，監視官兵發現東崗海岸雷區火場死灰復燃，並有多個火點，而且是雷區，搶救難度高。張景陽立即連絡在烈嶼地區執行排雷的台灣士瑞克保全公司支援四名排雷人員，帶著金屬掃描器，打開一條救火線出來，消警始得拉水線進入火場灌救。

According to Lu, He-Cheng, at 11: 30 pm, as the firefighting continued, a dazzling (8) flame suddenly burst out of the ground. The landmine clearance specialists noticed it immediately and quickly alerted people of the bomb explosion making sure everybody there retreated to a safer place. As soon as all members were safely relocated (9) to another zone, a landmine exploded. Luckily, no one was injured.
　 據呂合成描述說，整個救災至三日晚間十一時卅分許，火場突然有一團鮮艷的火光冒出來，機警的排雷人員高喊要爆炸了，要所有人員趕快撤離；正當人員撤離至安全地帶，一枚地雷隨即轟然炸開來，所幸沒有任何人員受傷。

To prevent the fire from reigniting (10), the Donggang ocean outlet was kept under monitoring by Leiyu Defense Command the following day.
　 烈指部4日仍續派員在東崗出海口進行全天候監控，以防死灰復燃。

【註解】
●1. result in-導致。
●2. fatality-(n)因意外事故的死亡者；死亡事故、災禍。
●3. outlet-(n)出海口；出口；亦指商店、銷售通路。
●4. monsoon-(n)季風。
●5. spark-(n)火星、火花。
●6. garrison-(n)駐軍；(衛戍部隊的)駐防地。
●7. suppress-(vt.)壓制；平定；阻止～生長或發展。
●8. dazzling-(adj.)耀眼的、炫目的。
●9. relocate-(vt.)重新安置。
●10. reignite-(vt.)重新點火、再點燃。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2010年12月5日報導