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Drone Collision Damages and Grounds Firefighting Aircraft Battling Los Angeles Wildfires

The FBI will deploy a drone detection system to prevent illegal flights in closed airspace from threatening fire suppression efforts.

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A plume of smoke from a wildfire forms over the city's basin January 9, 2025 at Los Angeles. AP/Mark J. Terrill
PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

One of the two “Super Scooper” planes being used to help extinguish the out-of-control widespread wildfires burning across Los Angeles was grounded after colliding with a drone.

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PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

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