A fire, caused by the nearby Rano Raraku volcano, razed more than 100 hectares of Easter Island, damaging its famous stone-carved statues known as " Moai" , which were created by a Polynesian tribe over 500 years ago, local officials reported.

当地官员称，一场由拉诺•拉拉库火山（Rano Raraku volcano）引发的大火席卷了复活节岛一百余公顷的土地，破坏了岛上著名的由五百多年前波利尼西亚一个部落创造的摩艾（Moai）石像。