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Canadair CL-415 SuperScooper grounded after colliding with civilian drone over L.A. wildfire

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A civilian-flown drone collided with a firefighting aircraft over the Palisades Fire on Thursday .

The aircraft, a Canadair CL-415 known as the SuperScooper Quebec 1 , has now been grounded due to damage to its wing.

The incident happened around 1 p.m. local time and it’s not known who may have been flying the civilian drone that collided with the aircraft.

An arrest was made Thursday of a man suspected of setting a fire in Woodland Hills .