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2 people are unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through Colorado neighborhood

科罗拉多州附近地区发生野火，目前有2人下落不明

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

In Colorado, two people are still unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through a Denver suburb. The flames destroyed almost a thousand homes. And now families are trying to figure out where to go and what to do as they wait for help. Colorado Public Radio's Allison Sherry reports.

ALLISON SHERRY, BYLINE¹: On Sunday, FEMA Administrator² Deanne Criswell toured the ashy remains³ of more than a dozen neighborhoods in Boulder⁴ County decimated by a grassland⁵ fire last Thursday.

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DEANNE CRISWELL: The absolute devastation⁶ that these communities have experienced is shocking, right? I've been watching the pictures over the last day. And it really doesn't do it justice until you see it firsthand.

SHERRY: The fire ignited near a shed in a rural part of the county during an extreme windstorm, with gusts⁷ over 100 miles per hour. The Denver metro⁸ area is in a drought, only receiving about an inch of rain since July. Very quickly, whole subdivisions were engulfed⁹ in flames. Christina Eisert (ph) was driving her two teenage sons to get haircuts.

CHRISTINA EISERT: The whole street was like a fire hurricane, just smoke, like, I'd say, dinner-plate sized pieces of ash falling everywhere with burning edges. I'm sure that it was from my neighbor's house a block away burning already.

SHERRY: Eisert turned around and rushed home to get her dogs.

EISERT: The house was filling with smoke. The dogs were frozen with fear. And I said to myself, I'll give them until the count of five. And if they don't come, I'll just leave the door open. And we have to run. They came, which I'm so happy about. They came. They just ran down the stairs and got into the car. I slammed the door. I got in the front seat. And I yelled out to everyone, we don't leave anyone behind.

SHERRY: For Eisert and the thousands of others, there is now a large question mark about where to go. It was already a very tight housing market. And it will take a long time to rebuild. Many people are bunking¹⁰ with friends or family temporarily. Colorado Governor Jared Polis said on Sunday they're trying to figure it all out.

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JARED POLIS: This is, really, a crisis in fast motion the way that this has quickly moved to destroy close to 1,000 homes and many more damaged, affecting many more thousands of people, some of whom are - whose homes are intact, are returning home. Others are awaiting natural gas being turned on.

SHERRY: Focus, too, has shifted to how the fire started. The Boulder County sheriff says they can't tell yet whether it was natural or human-caused. The FBI is helping¹¹ investigate. There are some silver linings¹² here. It was one of the most successful rapid evacuation efforts in the history of large wildfires in the country. And the metro area has since gotten several inches of snow, which has drenched¹³ the ground. But still, so much is unknown for those who no longer have a place to live.

For NPR News, I'm Allison Sherry in Boulder County, Colo.

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1 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

2 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 boulder   

n.巨砾；卵石，圆石

参考例句：

• We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
• He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。

5 grassland   

n.牧场，草地，草原

参考例句：

• There is a reach of grassland in the distance.远处是连绵一片的草原。
• The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原。

6 devastation   

n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤

参考例句：

• The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
• There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 gusts   

一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )； （怒、笑等的）爆发； （感情的）迸发； 发作

参考例句：

• Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
• Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。

8 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

9 engulfed   

v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
• The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 bunking   

v.（车、船等倚壁而设的）铺位( bunk的现在分词 )；空话，废话

参考例句：

• A tacit friendship had developed between them since they had been bunking together. 他们俩自从睡在一个帐篷里以来，彼此之间已悄然结下了友谊。 来自辞典例句
• Bunking the tube was easy on the outward journey. 外出旅游期间，睡在睡袋里是件很容易的事情。 来自互联网

11 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

12 linings   

n.衬里( lining的名词复数 )；里子；衬料；组织

参考例句：

• a pair of leather gloves with fur linings 一双毛皮衬里的皮手套
• Many of the garments have the customers' name tags sewn into the linings. 这些衣服有很多内衬上缝有顾客的姓名签。 来自辞典例句

13 drenched   

adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
• The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》