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'Personal Drone' Crash Causes 335-Acre Wildfire in Coconino National Forest

posted by janrinok on Saturday March 10 2018, @06:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the countdown-to-new-regulations? dept.

McGruber writes:

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.

Article: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2018/03/06/personal-drone-sparks-335-acre-wildfire-north-flagstaff/401493002/

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 10 2018, @03:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 10 2018, @03:33PM (#650530)

    I've had a fire start due to a poorly adjusted carburetor once - you have to smother it with a jacket or blanket, water won't work. I burned up a brand new jacket, but saved the vehicle and quite possibly our lives (we were on the freeway in the countryside when it happened, no way the fire department could have saved us).