You wouldn’t think that you’d need to add “personal drones” to a list of factors that make today’s wildfires even more unsafe.
In British Columbia, at least, you do.
The online site of Vancouver’s CTV News reported Monday that the BC Wildfire Service had to shut down aerial operations fighting the Keremos Creek Wildfire because people were flying drones in the area.
The fire, which covers about 27 square miles, has been classified as “being held,” although evacuation alerts and orders have been rescinded, according to CTV, which also reported that the site continued to include 78 firefighters, 3 helicopters, and 3 pieces of heavy equipment in the area working on containing the blaze.
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