A Canadian Super Scooper fighting a wildfire in the upscale Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles was forced to land Thursday after it collided with a civilian drone flown by a photographer in pursuit of spectacular photos, local fire officials said.. LA Times reports this.

Specially designed CL-415 firefighting aircraft are used to collect over 1,500 gallons of seawater and release it onto active fires.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Eric Scott said the plane in question, Quebec 1, "

The collision led to the temporary grounding of all aircraft responding to the Los Angeles fire.. The Canadian "

The media published photographs of the aircraft with tail number C-GQBG, which show a hole in the front of one of the wings. C-GQBG is listed on several flight tracking sites as Canadair CL-415.

Super Scoopers fly dozens of missions a day, with multiple drops per flight. So damage to one of them means there is even less opportunity to put out the fire.. Super Scoopers fly over the fire, release water, then head to the ocean to resupply. This process takes about five minutes, making them very efficient..

Two CL-415 aircraft fly to California annually from Quebec, Canada, under a 31-year agreement between the two governments..

Sarah Bensadoun, a spokeswoman for Quebec's Ministry of Transport, said the province is sending a fire brigade of 25 pilots and 20 technicians..

On Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted video of one of the planes in action in California on X, calling it an example of "

The mid-air collision is currently under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration, which said the firefighting aircraft landed safely..

On Thursday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration stressed that it "

" Photographers and bloggers who fly drones over fires in Los Angeles face up to 12 months behind bars for interfering with fires on public lands.. Or a fine of 75 thousand dollars.

It says drones near aerial fire stations could ground aerial tankers, slow fire response and cost lives..

Let us remind you that Focus previously wrote how the fire in Los Angeles began: with a small fire in the hills above the city.