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UT Firefighters Angered Drones Interfering With Efforts

Firefighters in southwestern Utah are complaining that drones are impeding their abilities to fight a wildfire in the Pine Valley Wilderness.

The St. George Spectrum reports the U.S Forest Service has been stymied by small drones getting into the flight paths of firefighting aircraft trying to drop retardant and water onto the wildfire.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office has not been able to find the drone pilots.

Casey Morell is the coordinating producer of Nevada Public Radio's flagship broadcast State of Nevada and one of the station's midday newscast announcers. (He's also been interviewed by Jimmy Fallon, whatever that's worth.)