液氮泄露致六人死亡

Six workers were killed and several others were taken to a hospital after a liquid nitrogen leak Thursday at a poultry processing plant in Gainesville, Georgia, officials said.

美国官员称，乔治亚州盖恩斯维尔一家家禽加工厂周四发生液氮泄漏，六名工人死亡，另有几人被送往医院。

Fire crews from Hall County and Gainesville responded to a report of burns at the Foundation Foods facility -- formerly Prime Pak Foods -- around 10:12 a.m. on Thursday, Zachary Brackett of Hall County Fire Services said.

据霍尔县消防部门的扎卡里·布兰克特介绍，当地时间周四上午10点12分左右，霍尔县和盖恩斯维尔市的消防人员接到了基金会食品公司(原巴基斯坦优质食品公司)发生火灾的报告。

Units arrived and found a large group of employees that had evacuated, along with multiple people who were experiencing medical emergencies in and around the facility, Brackett said.

布兰克特说，救援单位到达后发现有一大群员工已经撤离，还有多名在该设施及其周围遭遇医疗紧急情况的人。

About 130 workers evacuated the plant.

大约130名工人撤离了工厂。

Five people died at the scene, he said.

有五人当场身亡，他说。

At least 12 people were hospitalized, including a person who died in the emergency room, said Sean Couch, the director of public relations for Northeast Georgia Health System.

乔治亚州东北部卫生系统公共关系主管肖恩库奇说，至少有12人被送往医院，其中一人在急诊室死亡。

Three people are in critical condition and five are in fair condition, Couch said.

库奇说，有3人情况危急，5人情况尚可。

The other three patients were released after being treated.

其他三名患者在接受治疗后出院。

All had respiratory issues, he said.

他说，所有人都有呼吸问题。

Those injured include three Gainesville firefighters and one Hall County firefighter who had respiratory complaints. No firefighters died, Brackett said.

受伤人员包括三名盖恩斯维尔消防员和一名患有呼吸道疾病的霍尔县消防员，布兰克特说，目前没有消防员牺牲。

Brackett said there was no explosion, and the cause of the leak remains under investigation.

布兰克特说，没有发生爆炸，泄漏原因仍在调查中。

Nicholas Ancrum, vice president of human resources at Foundation Food Group, said preliminary reports indicated a nitrogen line ruptured.

基金会食品集团负责人力资源的副总裁尼古拉斯·安克鲁姆说，初步报告显示一条氮线破裂了。

"Until this investigation is completed, we cannot say with confidence precisely how this accident occurred," he said.

他说:“在调查结束之前，我们还不能确定事故究竟是如何发生的。”

The Hall County Sheriff's Office is managing the death investigation.

霍尔县警长办公室在负责死亡调查。

"Those lost today include maintenance, supervisory and management team members," Ancrum said.

“今天失去的人员包括维护、监督和管理团队成员，”安克拉姆说。

"Every team member is equally important to us and our hearts go out to their families and communities who have suffered such a devastating loss."

“每个团队成员对我们来说都同样重要，我们的心与他们的家庭和社区同在，他们遭受了如此毁灭性的损失。”

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