Flamethrower drone incinerates wasp nests in China

A drone equipped with a flamethrower burns a wasp nest at a village in Zhong county near Chongqing municipality in southwestern China on Dec 10. — Blue Sky Rescue of Zhong County/AP

BEIJING: A drone has been converted into a flying flamethrower in central China in a fiery campaign to eradicate more than 100 wasp nests.

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.