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“#Flamethrower drone incinerates wasp nests in China<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n In this Dec. 10, 2020, photo released by Blue Sky Rescue of Zhong County, a drone equipped with a flamethrower burns a wasp nest at a village in Zhong county near Chongqing municipality in southwestern China. A drone has been converted into the flying flamethrower in central China in a fiery campaign to eradicate more than 100 wasp nests. (Blue Sky Rescue of Zhong County via AP)
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A drone has been converted into a flying flamethrower in central China in a fiery campaign to eradicate more than 100 wasp nests.<\/p>\n

Blue Sky Rescue, a volunteer group that conducts search and rescue and other emergency work, have teamed up with villagers in Zhong county near the city of Chongqing.<\/p>\n

They raised 80,000 yuan ($12,200) to buy a drone and equip it with a gasoline tank and an arm-length nozzle.<\/p>\n

Videos released by Blue Sky show a recent mission by the six-arm drone. It hovers above a hive as large as a suitcase before swooping down. The drone operator flips the ignition switch, and the drone spits bursts of fire onto the hive.<\/p>\n

“The burning ashes of the wasp’s nest gradually peeled off and fell, and the surrounding residents app<\/a>lauded and praised the rescue team,” said an article on a local news<\/a> app run by state-owned Chongqing TV.<\/p>\n

The article quotes a resident thanking Blue Sky for helping the village: “Now we don’t have to worry about being stung by a wasp.”<\/p>\n

Blue Sky said it has destroyed 11 hives so far. There are more than 100 to go.<\/p>\n