They’re a-year-old, but a good reminder why if you’re flying recreationally or commercially in open spaces with a good potential for wildfire, you may want to have liability insurance. The unlucky pilots could have had to pay suppression costs and fines for this. They had home-built and modified racing drones with external batteries, which made it more risky, but it could happen to anyone:
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In Oregon, drone crashes, starts wildfire - Fire Aviation
Above: The burned drone. Photo by Cameron Austin-Connolly (Originally published on Wildfire Today July 11, 2018) A small drone started a vegetation fire when it crashed near Springfield, Oregon this week. On July 10 Cameron Austin-Connolly was flying his drone over a field when a large unleashed...
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Another drone ignites wildfire in Oregon - Fire Aviation
Above: Photo by Fire Marshall Jeffrey Pricher We just found out about another drone that started a wildfire in Oregon. This time time it happened in Scappoose about 25 miles northwest of Portland. According to a press release from the Scappoose Fire District, the drone crashed June 26 in FAA...
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