torch 復習
米国ユタ州で過去最大規模の山火事が発生し約1500人以上もの人が非難を余儀なくされました。
Utah wildfire grows as 2 California blazes spread
The nation's largest wildfire has forced more than 1,500 people from their homes and cabins in a southern Utah mountain area home to a ski town and popular fishing lake.
Firefighters battled high winds as they fought a fire that has grown to 72 square miles (184 square kilometers) and burned 13 homes — larger than any other fire in the country now, state emergency managers said.
Some flames reached 100 feet high, while fire crews faced dry, windy conditions Tuesday and a "high potential" for extreme fire behavior, officials said late Monday.
The estimated firefighting costs now top $7 million for a fire started June 17 near the Brian Head Resort by someone using a torch tool to burn weeds, they said. Investigators said they know who the culprit is, but they haven't yet released the person's identity or what charges will be leveled.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/utah-wildfire-grows-powerful-california-blazes-spread-48296040
取り上げる単語は"torch"です。「たいまつ」などの意味が一番に思いつくと思います。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第4版(大修館)で調べてみると、名詞の「たいまつ、光、光明、懐中電灯」の他に、動詞で「…に火をつける、放火する」という意味がありました。
LDOCEでは"a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand"や"to deliberately make a building, vehicle etc start to burn"と定義されていました。
つまり、今回の火事の原因は、誰かが草を燃やしていたことが挙げられます。(Akim)
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