Illegal drone flights near wildfires would be studied under John Curtis’s bill

The U.S. House passed a bill by Utah Rep. John Curtis that seeks to quantify the damage done when people fly drones near wildfires, forcing aircraft that are actually fighting the flames to remain grounded.The House voted 382-6 on Thursday to pass his Aerial Incursion Repercussion (AIR) Safety Act, and sent it to the Senate.Curtis told the House that too often when some people ignore no-fly orders with personal drones, “fire managers must ground their own drones and helicopters until the i