The Federal Aviation Administration was forced to issue a reminder on January 9th, shortly after an unidentified civilian drone collided with a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper at approximately 1PM PST over the Palisades firestorm.

A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded after it hit a drone flying in restricted airspace over the devastating blaze on Thursday, the local fire department said.

The plane landed safely but is out of service because the collision damaged its wing, a Cal Fire spokesman said.

Drone Swatting It's a highly precarious situation. Firefighters are still struggling to contain multiple major wildfires and a lot of Los Angeles county remains under a red flag warning as fierce winds fan the flames.