PROVO, Utah — Fire officials remind the public not to fly drones near fires, as they interrupt firefighting efforts. So far, officials say there have been six confirmed drone sightings and 6 more reports of them.

"Especially in the initial attack phase, that 30 minutes, that we’re grounding initial attack assets could be the difference between a half-acre fire and a 500-acre fire,” explained U.S. Forest Service aviation officer Eric Panebaker.

"12 drone sightings within a 5-day period is unheard of in my career,” added Panebaker. They had to halt operations or divert aircrafts 4 times because of drones.

"Even though you may not see all of the aircrafts that are working, we may have 5 to 10 aircrafts working just the other side of the hill that are out of sight, but one drone spotted say

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