香港旺角重大火灾 致9人死亡

The death toll from a fire that swept through a market in Hong Kong has risen to nine. According to the local authorities, a hotline has been set up to help those concerned about the whereabouts of their loved ones.
席卷香港一个市场的一场火灾导致的死亡人数已经上升到9人。据当地政府称，已经设立了热线帮助那些担心他们亲人下落的人。

The aftermath...
后果…

Earlier in the morning, the fire broke out at a street hawker’s booth. It then quickly spread through the residential building.
早上早些时候，一名沿街小贩的摊位起火。接着火灾很快就蔓延到居民楼。

For several hours, fire crews battled the blaze, with up to 30 fire trucks on the scene at one point.
消防员和大火搏斗了几个小时，到达现场的消防车一度多达30辆。

Firemen pulled shaken survivors and body bags from rooftops... Badly burnt victims were wrapped in bandages and sent to hospital.
消防员从屋顶上拉下哆嗦的生还者和运尸袋…严重烧伤的受害者被缠上绷带，送往医院。

Residents were terrified, some trapped in the building thought they’d never get out.
居民都很害怕，一些困在楼里人曾认为他们永远也出不去了。

"There was a lot of smoke. I was waiting for the firemen to come up. I waited for about an hour."
“有很多烟。我在等消防员的到来。我等了差不多一小时。”

Police are investigating the cause of the fire and say arson has not been ruled out.
警方正在调差起火原因，并且称不排除是纵火。

A local resident says the building where many of the victims lived had been subdivided into small living spaces known as cubicles or cage homes. A fire at a subdivided apartment building in the city’s Kowloon district killed four people earlier this year, prompting calls from some lawmakers for a ban on these cubicle flats.
一位当地居民表示，很多受害者居住的那栋楼被细分成小居住场所，称为小卧室或笼屋。今年早些时候，发生在这个城市九龙区一栋被细分的公寓内的大火造成4人死亡，引发了一些立法者呼吁禁止这些卧室公寓。