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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 maxwell demon on Saturday March 10 2018, @09:13AM (3 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Saturday March 10 2018, @09:13AM (#650468) Journal

    So whom are they going to sue for the lightning-induced fires?

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  • (Score: 2) by tonyPick on Saturday March 10 2018, @09:21AM

    by tonyPick (1237) on Saturday March 10 2018, @09:21AM (#650470) Homepage Journal

    So whom are they going to sue for the lightning-induced fires?

    Well clearly somebody has some Thor fanfic they're desperate to see written up :)

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 10 2018, @12:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 10 2018, @12:45PM (#650501)

    So whom are they going to sue for the lightning-induced fires?

    I'd love to see the preacherman's face should they drop into the church and confiscate the begging plates...

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday March 10 2018, @02:47PM

    by c0lo (156) on Saturday March 10 2018, @02:47PM (#650515) Journal

    So whom are they going to sue for the lightning-induced fires?

    I hear Billy Connolly may know a thing or two about, as he starred in a documentary [wikipedia.org] on the theme.

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