3600万美元高额账单！熊孩子玩烟花引发森林大火法官重罚

A judge has ordered a teenager who started a massive wildfire in Oregon by throwing fireworks down a gorge to pay more than USD 36 million in restitution, according to the Oregonian.

据《俄勒冈州报》称，一名青少年向峡谷投掷烟花导致了俄勒冈州发生大规模野火，一名法官判定其支付超过3600万美元的赔偿金。

The boy, a 15-year-old from Vancouver, Washington, sparked a fire in Columbia River Gorge in September with two fireworks.

这名来自华盛顿州温哥华的15岁男孩9月份向哥伦比亚河峡谷投掷烟花导致大火。

The 75-square-mile fire, one of many at the time in Oregon, blanketed Portland in ash and clogged the city’s air with smoke.

作为当时发生在俄勒冈州的众多大火之一，该75平方英里的火灾的烟尘将波特兰覆盖，其烟雾也笼罩了城市。

Houses were evacuated, but it was the damage to an iconic, ecologically valuable tourist destination that so infuriated locals they threatened the boy with sterilization, whipping, and even lynching.

房屋被疏散，但这个标志性切具有生态价值的旅游目的地被破坏，当地人感到愤怒，并以绝育，鞭打，甚至私刑方式威胁这个男孩。

The authorities have withheld the boy’s name in official documents to protect him.

当局在正式文件中隐去了该男孩的名字以保护他。

In Monday’s ruling, the judge acknowledged that it was unlikely the teenager would ever be able to pay the USD 36.6 million fee, which is to go toward the costs of firefighting and the restoration of the gorge as well as to pay damages to the homeowners.

在周一的裁决中，法官承认，青少年不太可能支付3,660万美元的费用，该费用包括消除灭火和恢复峡谷的费用，以及向房主支付的赔偿金。

The teenager might not be trapped in debt forever, as the judge said the payments could stop after 10 years if he complies with the payment plans, completes his five years of probation, and commits no other crimes.

这位少年可能不会永远被困在债务中，因为法官说如果他遵守付款计划，完成他的五年缓刑，并且不犯其他罪行，10年后他可以停止付款。

According to the Associated Press, the Oregon Department of Revenue will be able to garnish the boy’s paychecks, and it can also take any tax returns.

根据美联社的报道，俄勒冈州税务局将收缴男孩的薪水，并且获取纳税申报表。

The judge said the largest payment demanded of a juvenile he could find before this case was USD 114,000.

法官说，在这个案子之前，他能找到的少年所需缴纳的最大款项是114,000美元。

The teenager’s lawyer, according to the Oregonian, called the ruling “absurd” and “absolutely silly.”

据《俄勒冈州报》称，这位少年的律师称该裁决“荒谬”和“绝对愚蠢”。

The boy, who pleaded guilty to reckless burning of public and private property, was also sentenced in February to 1,920 hours of community service with the U.S. Forest Service, and he was ordered to write apology letters to 152 people trapped on the trail at the time of the fire as well as to the city of Cascade Locks, Oregon State Parks, and the Forest Service, among others.

该男孩承认犯有肆意焚烧公共和私人财产罪。他于在2月份被裁决向森林服务处提供1920小时的社区服务，并且他被命令向当时被困在山路上的152人，以及Cascade Locks市，俄勒冈州立公园和森林服务处写道歉信。