LA brush fire closes Getty Museum

LA brush fire closes Getty Museum

Hundreds of people have been evacuated（被撤退） from the world-famous Getty art museum in Los Angeles as a brush fire rages in nearby mountains, officials say.

The fire broke out around 1300 local time (2000 GMT) and spread to at least 80 acres (32 hectares) of hillside near the Getty Centre car park.

About 200 fire-fighters are battling the blaze. No homes are threatened, California fire officials said.

The museum, home to priceless works like van Gogh's Irises¹, remains² closed.

Some 800 employees and 1,600 visitors to the hilltop complex in the Santa Monica Mountains were being shuttled（穿梭，往返移动之物） away, a spokesman told the Associated Press news agency.

Ventilation systems（通风系统） were shut down to prevent smoke damage to the museum's priceless art collection.

A bush fire in the mountains near Santa Barbara in October last year destroyed 80 homes and forced 30,000 people to flee.（逃跑，逃走）

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1 irises   

n.虹( iris的名词复数 )；虹膜；虹彩；鸢尾（花）

参考例句：

• The cottage gardens blaze with irises, lilies and peonies. 村舍花园万紫千红，鸢尾、百合花和牡丹竞相争艳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The irises were of flecked grey. 虹膜呈斑驳的灰色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。