乌克兰工厂爆炸死亡人数上升到5人

 　　KIEV, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The death toll¹ in a chemical plant explosion in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region has risen to 5 after two of the wounded succumbed² to injuries, the Ukrainian State Service for Emergencies said on Tuesday.

　　The blast occurred at around 2:30 p.m. local time (1130 GMT) Tuesday at the Stirol plant in Gorlovka town during maintenance work on an ammonia reservoir. It ripped through the plant, killing³ three workers on the spot and injuring 11 others.

　　The injured were rushed to a local hospital, where two of them died later.

　　"Some of the injured are in serious condition, but most are in moderate state," City Prosecutor⁴ of Gorlovka Oleg Kolesnik said at a briefing later in the day.

　　All the victims suffered from respiratory tract⁵ burns and ammonia poisoning, Kolesnik added.

　　The local authorities said that there was no immediate⁶ threat to public health, as no harmful chemicals were released into the air.

　　The Donetsk Region Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal case over the incident.

　　Stirol, one of the largest fertilizer producers in Ukraine, also suffered a fire on May 26, which caused no casualties.

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 succumbed   

不再抵抗（诱惑、疾病、攻击等）( succumb的过去式和过去分词 )； 屈从； 被压垮； 死

参考例句：

• The town succumbed after a short siege. 该城被围困不久即告失守。
• After an artillery bombardment lasting several days the town finally succumbed. 在持续炮轰数日后，该城终于屈服了。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

5 tract   

n.传单，小册子，大片(土地或森林)

参考例句：

• He owns a large tract of forest.他拥有一大片森林。
• He wrote a tract on this subject.他曾对此写了一篇短文。

6 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。