A "personal drone" that crashed and burst into flames was the cause of the Kendrick Fire, a 335 acre fire in the Coconino National Forest (wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconino_National_Forest) in northern Arizona, USA. Coconino National Forest spokesman George Jozens said that about 30 firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service and Summit Fire and Medical worked to quell the fire.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by tonyPick on Saturday March 10 2018, @09:15AM (2 children)
Replying to myself - here's a better link discussing the issue: https://www.outsideonline.com/2112901/you-could-foot-bill-next-big-wildfire [outsideonline.com]
The article goes over the reasoning behind the crackdown on this in more detail (TLDR - lots of fires and massive costs, so agencies want to recover costs where possible and act as a deterrent where not).
(Score: 4, Insightful) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday March 10 2018, @10:34AM (1 child)
I like to pride myself that isn't the main factor in what stops me killing people.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 10 2018, @12:01PM
https://xkcd.com/1958/ [xkcd.com]