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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: 2) by archfeld on Saturday March 10 2018, @07:20AM (4 children)

    by archfeld (4650) <treboreel@live.com> on Saturday March 10 2018, @07:20AM (#650441) Journal

    It was not a no fly zone, the drone wasn't smoking. Smokey the bear knows sometimes shit happens. Nice to know the cause I guess, but it certainly wasn't intentional or even the result of negligence, just an accident.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday March 10 2018, @07:49AM

    by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Saturday March 10 2018, @07:49AM (#650448) Journal

    We should create a new Interagency Task Force Agency that combines the duties of the U.S. Forest Service [npr.org] and the Federal Aviation Administration [aopa.org]. It will be located in Denver, Colorado for easy access to cannabis and gigabit internet [ispprovidersinmyarea.com] for teleworking (goofing off).

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  • (Score: 1) by Captival on Saturday March 10 2018, @07:57AM (1 child)

    by Captival (6866) on Saturday March 10 2018, @07:57AM (#650449)

    Total Bullshit. I am outraged. How dare you ascribe laissez faire to Smokey the Bear? Smokey the Bear would rape you for even thinking about it. He doesn't fuck around with the forest. We all saw The Revenant with Leonardo DiCaprio. That was Smokey's grandpa.

    • (Score: 2) by archfeld on Saturday March 10 2018, @05:52PM

      by archfeld (4650) <treboreel@live.com> on Saturday March 10 2018, @05:52PM (#650570) Journal

      LOL, If Smokey the Bear dared to show his brown self in Arizona they would have his furry ass deported so fast he'd not know what was happening. Once in Mexico he'd be seized by a cartel and forced to act as a drug mule hiking over the border to deliver bundles of Meth into Texas, where he would be shot and mounted on a wall within 20 minutes.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 10 2018, @09:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 10 2018, @09:58AM (#650478)

    Sure wish I could turn my patio into a "no fly zone" so I could enjoy my barbeque without constantly swatting the things.