‘If they’re flying, we can’t,’ said Capt. John Clingingsmith with CAL FIRE/Riverside County.
At least three drones flown by community members forced firefighters to temporarily stop operation of firefighting aircrafts above theCapt. John Clingingsmith with CAL FIRE/Riverside County didn’t immediately know how long the firefighting aircrafts were grounded, but said as of about 3:30 p.m., the vehicles were again working to subdue the more than 600-acre wildfire that injured four people and forced evacuations in Jurupa Valley and Riverside.
Ground and air resources must work together to extinguish wildfires, Clingingsmith said, urging community members not to fly drones or other personal aircraft in the wildfire zone. Fire crews have encountered issues with unauthorized drones in the past.grounded a firefighting plane that drops more than 1,500 gallons of water at a time after colliding with the aircraft, leaving a hole in the plane’s left wing.
The drone pilot, 57-year-old Pete Tripp Akemann, was sentenced to 15 days in federal prison and 30 days of at-home detention and ordered to pay $156,000 in fines and restitution.
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