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Electronic 'noses' help sniff out forest fires in Germany / 33NA6FY
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Sensors that can sniff out a wildfire minutes after it starts are being trialled in Brandenburg, the German region most hit by forest fires. A start-up installed hundreds of sensors in the woods around the town of Eberswalde to test its "electronic nose". Raimund Engel, Brandenburg's forest fire protection officer, sees the sensors as a useful addition to the visual detection method currently used in the state. From the top of 105 towers, 360-degree rotating cameras scan the surrounding landscape where once human observers kept watch. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES