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Drones, private airplanes not a welcome sight near wildfires

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Over the last few days, there have been at least two intrusions in northern Minnesota involving the invasion of restricted airspace from people attempting to get near wildfires – one was a private airplane, the second an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) also known as a drone. WTIP's Joe Friedrichs reports on this story. 
 

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