俄羅斯一小鎮水龍頭中驚現石油!

Villagers in Russia's far east had a shock recently when they turned on their hot water taps to find oil flowing from them.

近日，俄羅斯遠東地區的居民吃驚的發現，當他們打開家中的熱水龍頭流時，流出來的竟然是石油。

The local Yakutia Media website says a central heating system accident in the village of Chersky resulted in three tonnes of oil leaking into the water supply.

雅庫特當地媒體報道，切爾斯基鎮的中央供熱系統出現了故障，導致三噸石油排入了供水系統。

The oil also made its way into a nearby river and contaminated the soil.

石油還流入到了附近的河流當中，污染了土壤。

A video on the Life news portal shows one villager filling a bucket from an indoor tap. What flows out is thick, black and viscous - unmistakably oil.

新聞門戶網站Life的一則視頻顯示，一位村民正在室內的水龍頭上接了一桶看起來濃稠、黝黑、黏黏的東東——顯然是石油。

"People can't even wash, because a mixture of fuel oil and water with the characteristic smell of petrol is flowing from the taps. It is completely insanitary," Chersky resident Ivan tells Life.

切爾斯基鎮居民伊凡告知Life：“因爲水管裏流出的是水和石油的混合物，它還有刺鼻的汽油味，我們甚至無法洗漱。”

Officials are now working to expunge all traces of oil from the water supply. They say the cold water taps are still working fine, and advise villagers to boil that water for both washing and drinking.

政府官員們正在努力將石油從供水系統中清除。他們表示，冷水供應仍然正常，建議居民們將冷水燒開，以用作洗漱和飲用。

Regional prosecutors and environmental protection officers have launched an official inquiry into the incident.

該地區的檢察官和環境保護官員正在對此事件進行調查。

Most social media users sympathise with the villagers' plight, with some even suggesting that the oil leak may have been deliberate.

社交媒體上大多數的網友們都對這兒的居民表示同情。一些人甚至認爲，石油是故意泄露的。

"Someone should go to prison for this, it looks like sabotage," one comment on the Life article reads.

一網友在生活雜誌上說，“這些不法分子應該去坐牢，這看起來是一場陰謀。”

Others are less bothered, and say the villagers should be grateful that their water has been replaced with valuable oil. As one incredulous blogger puts it: "Seriously? They are complaining?"

另一些人倒沒有這麼煩惱，他們表示，自來水被換成了昂貴的石油，應當心存感激纔是。正如一位博友所說的：“真的嗎？他們居然還抱怨？”