Blue Sky Rescue teamed with villagers in Zhong county near city of Chongqing
Group raised 80,000 yuan (£9,200) to buy the drone and equip it with a gasoline
Footage released by Blue Sky shows six-arm drone spiral up to the hive in a tree
A drone has been converted into a flying flamethrower at a cost of £9,200 in a dramatic Chinese campaign to destroy 100 wasp nests.
Blue Sky Rescue, a volunteer group and China s largest non-governmental humanitarian organisation, has teamed up with villagers in Zhong county near the city of Chongqing.
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The group raised 80,000 yuan (£9,200) to buy the drone and fit it with a gasoline tank and an arm-length nozzle.
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A group in China is using a flamethrowing drone to destroy the nests of wasps.
The device is being used as part of a campaign to eradicate more than 100 wasp nests in a village in Zhong county near the city of Chongqing.
Blue Sky Rescue, which the China Daily newspaper describes as the country s largest non-governmental humanitarian organisation, teamed up with residents to carry out the operation.
The group of volunteers, which normally conducts search and rescue and other emergency work, raised 80,000 yuan (£9,200) to buy a drone and equip it with a petrol tank and an arm-length nozzle.
Videos show a recent mission by the drone which involved it hovering over a hive before unleashing a burst of fire, setting fire to the nest which, because it is made from wood pulp, is effectively paper.
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