Accessibility links

Breaking News

Tracking Fires from the Earth, Air and Space


Tracking Fires from the Earth, Air and Space
please wait

No media source currently available

0:00 0:02:44 0:00

Wildfires are often discovered by aircraft pilots, drivers or spotters in observation towers but also increasingly by remote sensors, which alert authorities to fire outbreaks. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles that a new ground-based camera system and satellites in space are helping firefighters to monitor wildfires.

XS
SM
MD
LG