肯尼亞教室坍塌，造成7名兒童死亡，64人受傷

肯尼亞教室坍塌，造成7名兒童死亡，64人受傷

Seven children were killed and 64 injured when a classroom collapsed as students were starting their morning lessons at a school in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Monday, officials said.

肯尼亞官員表示，周一，肯尼亞首都內(nèi)羅畢一所學(xué)校的學(xué)生在開始上早課時，一間教室倒塌，造成7名兒童死亡，64人受傷。

Television stations showed images of rescue workers sifting through metal sheeting and slabs of concrete at the Precious Talent school, and carrying white body bags to an ambulance.

電視臺播放的畫面顯示，救援人員在這所珍貴的才子學(xué)校篩選金屬薄板和混凝土板，并將白色的尸袋抬上救護(hù)車。

"We have regrettably lost seven lives to this morning's incident that occurred around 8am, as the learners of Class Five to Eight were starting their morning lessons," Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha said at the scene of the accident.

教育內(nèi)閣大臣喬治·馬戈哈在事故現(xiàn)場說：“很遺憾，今天上午8點(diǎn)左右發(fā)生的這起事故造成7人死亡，當(dāng)時5至8班的學(xué)生正在上早班。”

In Kenya's school system, classes five to eight usually covers children aged from 10 to 14 years.

在肯尼亞的學(xué)校中，一般有5至8個班，接收10至14歲的學(xué)齡兒童。

He added that 64 children had been taken to hospital for treatment, with two of them having serious injuries.

他補(bǔ)充道，64名兒童已被送往醫(yī)院接受治療，其中兩人受重傷。

The first floor of the building collapsed, trapping the children below, local lawmaker John Kiarie told NTV Kenya earlier.

當(dāng)?shù)亓⒎ㄕ呒s翰基亞里(john kiarie)早些時候?qū)tv肯尼亞電視臺(ntv kenya)說，大樓的第一層倒塌，孩子們被困在下面。

Magoha said more than 600 children from the school underwent check-ups at a nearby health center, and also ordered the school closed for four days for safety checks.

馬戈哈表示，該校600多名學(xué)生在附近的一個健康中心接受了檢查，并下令學(xué)校停課四天進(jìn)行安全檢查。

The cause was not immediately known, but authorities have previously warned 30,000 to 40,000 buildings erected without approval in Nairobi are at risk of collapse.

事故原因目前還不清楚，但當(dāng)局此前曾警告說，內(nèi)羅畢未經(jīng)批準(zhǔn)建造的3萬至4萬座建筑有倒塌的危險。