How can technology find fires hidden beneath the forest floor? | BBC News

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The Cairngorms National Park is home to a quarter of the UK’s rare and endangered species.

But in the summer of 2026 wildfire tore through 33 square kilometres of this landscape. Beneath the forest floor, fires are still burning.

Tech Now’s Shiona McCallum spent time with the team there to see how cutting-edge tech is being used to find hidden hotspots, monitor damage and help vulnerable landscapes recover.

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