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Firefighters in California tested a system using sound waves to extinguish fires

started August 26, 2026 at 11:18 AM · last changed yesterday

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The San Bernardino County Fire Department demonstrated new fire-suppression technology developed by Sonic Fire Tech and former NASA acoustics engineers, which uses low-frequency sound waves instead of water and chemicals to alter oxygen behaviour and interrupt combustion.

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Vatrogasci testirali neobičan sistem: Nova tehnologija gasi požar zvukom umjesto vode Gašenje požara bez vode i hemikalija više nije samo ideja iz naučnofantastičnih filmova. Vatrogasci

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