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  2. Spark arrestor - Wikipedia

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    Spark arrester inspections are performed by trained agency law enforcement or fire prevention personnel. They may occur on an individual basis, or as part of an inspection checkpoint during busy recreation weekends. Operators caught using unqualified or modified devices could be cited.

  3. Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

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    On 15 April Estonian Air flights from Tallinn to Oslo, Copenhagen, and London were cancelled due to airspace closures in Norway, Denmark, and the UK. [42] As the ash cloud spread over Estonia on the night of 16 April, all flights were cancelled due to closure of airspace in Estonia. [43]

  4. Homelessness in California - Wikipedia

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    A tent city on East 12th Street in Oakland, California, set up by local homeless people, 2019 Homeless man in Fresno, California, 2019. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that more than 181,399 people were experiencing homelessness in California in January 2023.

  5. 1971 San Fernando earthquake - Wikipedia

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    An inspection of the lower dam in 1964 paved the way towards an arrangement between the State of California and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power that would maintain the reservoir's water level that was reduced 10 feet lower than was typical. Since the collapse of the dam lowered its overall height, the decision to reduce its ...

  6. Boeing CH-47 Chinook - Wikipedia

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    [112] [113] The Advanced Chinook Rotor Blades (ACRB), derived from the cancelled RAH-66 Comanche, were intended to improve lift performance in hot/high altitude conditions by 2,000 lb; however, the US Army ultimately decided against implementing the ACRB due to persistent vibration during testing, Boeing denied the assertion that the vibration ...

  7. 2020 California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    Despite this, Northern California was still expected to have severe wildfire conditions due to the moderate or severe drought conditions in the area, whereas Central and Southern California were expected to have serious fire conditions later in the year due to the late wet season and precipitation. [18]

  8. Grenfell Tower fire - Wikipedia

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    On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. 70 people died at the scene, and 2 people died later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escaping.

  9. California Zephyr - Wikipedia

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    The modern train is the second iteration of a train named California Zephyr; the original train was privately operated and ran on a different route through Nevada and California. During fiscal year 2023, the California Zephyr carried 328,458 passengers, an increase of 13.1% over FY2022, [ 5 ] but down from its pre- COVID-19 pandemic ridership ...