Shanghai overhauls fire prevention after deadly blaze

 SHANGHAI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai municipal government has ordered an overhaul¹ of fire prevention measures across the city after a market fire left five people dead and 14 others injured on Sunday night.

The government demanded a special campaign to eliminate fire hazards and improve fire rescue mechanisms² at a meeting on Monday.

The information office of the municipal government announced at press conference Monday evening that five people were killed and 14 others were injured in the fire.

The fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. Sunday at a farm produce wholesale³ market in Shanghai's Pudong new district. Rescuers retrieved⁴ five bodies from the debris⁵ of the blaze. All the injured were sent to hospital.

Changhai Hospital received eight injured people. Three, including a 57-year-old woman and a nine-year-old girl, suffered serious burns, said Ma Bing, a doctor at the hospital.

The Shanghai agricultural products central wholesale market is the city's largest wholesale market for farm produce and byproducts. It was built in the 1990s.

The dried food section of the market, where the fire started, has suspended business.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation⁶.

1 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

2 mechanisms   

n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 )；机械装置；[生物学] 机制；机械作用

参考例句：

• The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

4 retrieved   

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句

5 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。