Some hydrants were jammed up by freezing temperatures; the blaze was contained in part because of a fireboat that Collins had funded.
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Emma Green,
New Yorker,
25 Sep. 2026
The loss of pressure in hydrants has happened before in wildfires, including the 2008 Freeway Complex fire, the 2017 Tubbs and Thomas fires, the 2018 Woolsey fire and the 2024 Mountain fire.
Construction to complete the work for $600,000, with help from a company that specializes in repairing underground pipes.
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Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2026
Among the relics of its decline is a hulking complex of rusted pipes, towers and conveyor belts in Delano, just five miles north of the McFarland chipping yard.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Oct. 2026
As Lake Powell’s storage has dropped below a quarter of its capacity and its surface waters have crept within about 40 feet of the penstocks that feed water to the hydroelectric plant and the river below, the river has warmed up.
Nord Stream 1 and 2 are two major conduits created to funnel Russian gas to Europe, via Germany.
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Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2026
Hailed as a bold experiment seven years ago, the Sanfic-Morbido Lab, part of Sanfic’s industry section Sanfic Industria, has evolved into one of the region’s most consistent conduits for fantastic/genre filmmaking.
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