A firefighter battle a blaze in Stockholm last year. Foto: Fredrik Sandberg/TT
Disasters
Project uses satellites to help spot and monitor wildfires
Publicerad 16 juli 2021 · kl 08:59 · 2:03 min
- Wildfires are a common occurrence during the summertime in Sweden and soon satellites might be a common way to help spot them after they start.
- Leif Sandahl is a fire-protection engineer at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency who is working on the project that has spotted hundreds of blazes.
- "The satellites help by both telling officials exactly where the fire is burning and how the it develops," Sandahl tells the Swedish Radio.
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