英國首相下令全面調查倫敦公寓大火

Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower in west London which is feared to have left scores of people dead.

特里薩?梅(Theresa May)下令對倫敦西部格倫費爾大樓(Grenfell Tower)火災展開全面公開調查。此次火災恐已造成數十人遇難。

“Right now people want answers and it’s absolutely right. And that’s why I am today ordering a full public inquiry into this disaster,” the prime minister said. “We need to have an explanation of this. We owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends and the homes in which they lived.”

“眼下人們希望得到答案，這絕對是正確的。這也是爲什麼我今天下令對此次災難展開全面公開調查，”英國首相表示，“我們需要獲得解釋。我們要爲那些家庭、那些失去愛人、朋友和家的人獲得一個解釋。”

The death toll has risen to 17, with police warning many more may have perished after flames ripped through the 24-storey apartment block in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

死亡人數已上升至30人，警方警告稱，可能有更多人遇難。週三凌晨，這棟24層公寓樓幾乎完全籠罩在火焰中。

“We do believe that that number will sadly increase,” Commander Stuart Cundy of the London Metropolitan Police said on Thursday. “Our absolute priority is identifying and locating those people who are still missing.”

“令人悲傷的是，我們認爲遇難人數還會增加，”倫敦警察廳(Metropolitan Police)指揮官斯圖爾特?坎迪(Stuart Cundy)表示，“我們的絕對重點是識別和找到那些仍然失蹤的人。”

Nick Hurd, policing and fire minister, said 65 people had been rescued by emergency services and 28 were in a critical condition.

警務和消防部長尼克?赫德(Nick Hurd)表示，急救服務搶救了65人，其中28人傷勢嚴重。

He stressed that the causes of the blaze were still unknown and advised people not to jump to conclusions.

他強調稱，此次火災的原因仍然不得而知，並建議人們不要貿然下結論。

Pressure had been mounting for a public inquiry into the disaster, with Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, saying that there were “pressing questions, which demand urgent answers”.

此前外界要求對此次災難進行公開調查的壓力越來越大，倫敦市長薩迪克?汗(Sadiq Khan)稱，目前有一些“緊迫的問題亟需答案”。

Grenfell Tower was built in 1974 but had recently undergone an extensive refurbishment, carried out by architects Studio E and contractor Rydon Construction. The refurbishment, which was finished last year, included new facilities at the base of the building, new windows and a recladding of the fa?ades.

格倫費爾大樓建於1974年，但最近進行了全面翻新，由建築設計公司“E工作室”(Studio E)和承包商“賴登建築公司”(Rydon Construction)承接。翻新於去年完工，包括在大樓底部的新設施、新窗戶以及外牆重新貼面。