カナダ山火事「いつ給油できるか…」退避の日本人が語る道中(2023年8月19日)

Wildfires in Canada “When can refuel…” Japanese people on the way to evacuate (08/23/19)

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カナダ北西部の大規模な山火事から車を走らせ、丸一日かけて避難した日本人がANNの取材に応じ、当時の状況を語りました。
A Japanese man who took a day to evacuate from a large wildfire in northwestern Canada gave an interview to ANN and told about the situation at that time.
「夜中、止まらないで走れる時は走ったので26時間ぐらいかかったと思います」
"I think it took me about 26 hours because I ran whenever I could without stopping during the night."
「仮眠は取られながらですか？3時間走って2時間うたた寝して」
"Did you take your naps while you run? Three hours running, two hours napping."
避難命令が出ているイエローナイフに住む嶋田幸一さんは、およそ1500キロ離れたエドモントンに日本時間の今朝に到着しました。
Koichi Shimada, a resident of Yellowknife, where an evacuation order has been issued, arrived in Edmonton, approximately 1,500 kilometers away, on this morning in Japan time.
給油には2時間かかったといいます。
He said it took two hours to refuel.
「町から310キロの所にガソリンスタンドがあって、そこを越えると別の町が燃えてダウンしていたりしていて何百キロ先でガソリンを入れられるか予測できなかった。ガソリンスタンドの1キロ以上前から並んでいました」
“There is a gas station 310 km from town, and further afield another town is on fire, so I can't predict how many hundred kilometers I will be able to fill up. We waited in line for more than 1km in front of the gas station.”
現地では、車で避難できない住民を軍用機で移送するなど退避が進んでいます。　
Residents who could not be evacuated by car are being evacuated by military aircraft.

カナダ北西部の大規模な山火事から車を走らせ、丸一日かけて避難した日本人がANNの取材に応じ、当時の状況を語りました。

火事

Fire, conflagration

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

丸

Circle; entirety, whole, full, complete; money, dough, moola; enclosure inside a castle''s walls; soft-shelled turtle; suffix for ship names, suffix for names of people (esp. infants), suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc., suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc

状況

State of affairs (around you), situation, circumstances

当時

At that time, in those days

規模

Scale, scope, plan, structure

一

One; best; first, foremost; beginning, start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

車

Car, automobile, vehicle; wheel

山

Mountain, hill

取材

News coverage, collecting data (e.g. for an article), covering (something for media); interview

大

The large part of; big, large, great; approximate size, no larger than; -university; large (e.g. serving size), loud (e.g. volume setting)

語り

Talk, recital; narration; topic

日本人

Japanese person, japanese people

部

Department (in an organization), division, bureau; club; part, component, element; category; counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

避難

Taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation, escape

北西

Northwest
「夜中、止まらないで走れる時は走ったので26時間ぐらいかかったと思います」

夜中

Midnight, dead of night

時

Time, hour, moment; occasion, case; chance, opportunity, season; the times, the age, the day; tense

時間

Time; hours

思い

Thought; imagination, mind, heart; desire, wish, hope, expectation; love, affection; feelings, emotion, sentiment, experience
「仮眠は取られながらですか？3時間走って2時間うたた寝して」

時間

Time; hours

仮眠

Nap, doze

うたた寝

Dozing, napping (e.g. on the floor in one''s clothes, in the train)
避難命令が出ているイエローナイフに住む嶋田幸一さんは、およそ1500キロ離れたエドモントンに日本時間の今朝に到着しました。

日本

Japan

命令

Order, command, decree, directive; (software) instruction, statement

到着

Arrival

今朝

This morning

時間

Time; hours

住む

To live (of humans), to reside, to inhabit, to dwell, to abide

ナイフ

Knife

離れ

Separation from, loss of interest in, independence of, distancing (of oneself) from, disillusionment with, alienation from (something); detached (dwelling, room)

出

Coming out, emerging; being born into (a certain family), being a native of (a particular place)

避難

Taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation, escape

イエロー

Yellow
給油には2時間かかったといいます。

時間

Time; hours

給油

refueling (car, plane, etc.); lubricating (a machine), oiling
「町から310キロの所にガソリンスタンドがあって、そこを越えると別の町が燃えてダウンしていたりしていて何百キロ先でガソリンを入れられるか予測できなかった。ガソリンスタンドの1キロ以上前から並んでいました」

以上

Not less than, ... and more, ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one''s means), further (e.g. nothing further to say), more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned, foregoing; since ..., seeing that ..; this is all, that is the end, the end

ガソリン

Gasoline, petrol

ガソリンスタンド

Gas station, petrol station

別

Distinction, difference, different, another, particular, separate, extra, exception

何

What; how many; you-know-what, that; whatsit, what''s the expression, what do you call them; what?; hey!

予測

Prediction, estimation

越える

To cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of); to exceed

前

Ago, before (some event), previously, (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of), before (e.g. the house); head (of a line), front (e.g. of a bus), fore part; in the presence of; helping, portion; privates, private parts

先

Former, previous, old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.), opening move

所

Place, spot, scene, site; address; district, area, locality; one''s house; point; part; space, room; whereupon, as a result; about to, on the verge of; was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing

百

100, hundred

町

Town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood; street, road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

入れ

Container, receptacle

ダウン

Down (opposite of up), becoming lower, being brought down, bringing down; being down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work); down (e.g. a system), not running (e.g. servers); download, downstream; down (feathers)
現地では、車で避難できない住民を軍用機で移送するなど退避が進んでいます。　

住民

Citizens, inhabitants, residents, population

現地

Actual place, local, on-site

車

Car, automobile, vehicle; wheel

機

Loom

避難

Taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation, escape

移送

Transfer, transport, removal

退避

Taking refuge, evacuation; saving (a file)

軍用

for military use