Teen who started fire that burned 48,000 acres ordered to pay $36 million
十幾歲的少年縱火燒燬了48000英畝的土地，被要求支付3600萬美元
(CNN)When you play with fire, there are bound to be consequences.
（CNN）當你縱火時，必然要承擔後果。
For one teenager, that consequence comes with the jarring price tag of $36 million.
對於一個十幾歲的孩子來說，這一後果是高達3600萬美元的天價。
On Monday, an Oregon judge ordered the boy, who pleaded guilty to starting the Eagle Creek wildfire last year, to pay $36,618,330.24 in restitution to cover the damages.
週一，俄勒岡州的一名法官命令這名去年在鷹溪燃燒野火的男孩支付36618,330.24美元，以賠償損失。
The teen said he tossed fireworks in the woods while hiking on Eagle Creek trail on Sept. 2, 2017, according to court documents obtained by CNN. One of those fireworks ignited the massive wildfire in Oregon, which burned more than 48,000 acres.
據美國有線電視新聞網提供的法庭文件顯示，這名少年說，他在2017年9月2日在鷹溪步道(Eagle Creek trail)徒步旅行時，往樹林裡扔煙花。其中一隻煙花點燃了俄勒岡州的大火，燒燬了4.8萬多英畝的土地。
The Vancouver, Washington, youth, who was 15 at the time of the incident, appeared at a hearing on Thursday. He is not being named because he's a minor. The 11 claims from the state and other parties totaled $36 million, something the teen's attorney called absurd, according to CNN affiliate KOIN.
事件發生時，這位15歲的溫哥華少年出現在週四的聽證會上。因為他是未成年人沒有被報道實名。據CNN下屬的KOIN稱，來自州和其他黨派的11項索賠總額為3600萬美元，而這名青少年的律師感覺到荒謬。
The teen's attorney, Jack Morris, said the hefty fine violated the Oregon and US Constitutions, citing the Eighth Amendment, which protects people from excessive fines and "cruel and unusual punishment," according to the judge's written opinion.
根據法官的書面意見，這名少年的律師傑克·莫里斯表示，這項鉅額罰款違反了俄勒岡州和美國的憲法，並引用了“第八修正案”，該修正案保護人們免受過度罰款和“殘忍和不尋常的懲罰”。
Hood River County Circuit Court Judge John A. Olson wrote in his opinion that the judgment doesn't violate the constitution. "The restitution is clearly proportionate to the offense because it does not exceed the financial damages caused by the youth," he wrote.
胡德里弗縣巡回法庭法官John A. Olson在他的意見中寫道，這一判決並不違反憲法。“賠償金顯然與犯罪行為相稱，因為它不超過年輕人所造成的經濟損失。”
"I'm satisfied that the restitution ordered in this case bears a sufficient relationship to the gravity of the offenses for which the youth was adjudicated," he wrote.
他寫道：“我感到滿意度的是，在這個案件中所要求的賠償金與年輕人被判決的罪行的嚴重性有著充分的關係。”
CNN tried to contact Morris, the defense lawyer, on Monday but he did not call back.
美國有線電視新聞網週一試圖聯繫辯護律師莫里斯，但他沒有回電。
The order says the following organizations and people should be receiving money:
該命令規定，下列組織和人員應獲得賠償金：
$5,000 to Iris Schenk
支付Iris Schenk 5,000 美金
$8,111.44 to Allstate Insurance
支付好事達保險8111 .44美金
$31,550.90 to Oregon State Parks
支付俄勒岡州立公園31,550.90美金
$100,000 to Heuker Properties
支付豪克地產100,000美金
$168,000 to Trail Club of Oregon
支付俄勒岡州遠足俱樂部168,000美金
$1,048,877.52 to Union Pacific Railroad
支付聯合太平洋鐵路公司1,048,877.52美金
$1,643,035.38 to Oregon State Fire Marshal
支付俄勒岡州消防大隊1,643,035.38美金
$12,500,000 to Oregon Department of Transportation
支付俄勒岡州交通部12,500,000 美金
$21,113,755 to US Forest Service
支付美國林業局21,113,755美金
If the teen cannot pay the millions in full, the court has said he could establish a pay schedule through the Hood River Juvenile Department.
如果這名青少年無法全額支付這數千萬美金賠償，法院表示，他可以通過胡德里弗青少年部門制定一份償還時間表。
In February, the teenager apologized in court and was sentenced to five years probation and 1,920 hours of community service with the U.S. Forest Service, reported CNN affiliate KPTV.
據CNN旗下的KPTV報道，今年2月，這名少年在法庭上道歉，並被判處5年緩刑以及1920小時的美國林業局社區服務。
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