Flames shot from some of the houses, probably because of burst gas pipes.

火焰从有些房中迸出，可能是因为天然气管道爆炸的缘故。

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Instead, as part of his job, he visits newly decorated apartments to inspect the heating systems, gas pipes, sewage systems, window glasses and even the air quality in rooms.

工作内容主要是对房屋进行查验，包括房屋的加热系统、煤气管道、污水处理系统、窗户玻璃，甚至还包括房屋的空气质量等等。

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Veolia Water says the treated water will be transported through a 20km network of retrofitted gas pipes to places like Rosehill Racecourse and the Shell refinery in the Sydney suburb of Clyde.

威立雅水务称，处理过的污水将通过20公里的管网输送到玫瑰山花园赛车场和壳牌炼油厂这样的地方。

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And since fiber-optic cables are typically run right along with utility pipes--neither phone nor gas companies want to have their lines cut--it's easy to connect a fiber backbone to the gas pipes at the neighborhood level, and beam a signal the final few feet to each home.

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Meanwhile, downed power lines, leaking gas lines, broken water pipes and still-blazing fires have blocked the return of thousands of Southern Californians who fled their homes this week ahead of more than 20 wind-whipped wildfires.

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The broadband-in-gas system differs from traditional BPL by using subterranean gas pipes instead of electrical wires.

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