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A Canadian “super scooper” plane battling the Palisades fire in Los Angeles was grounded after hitting a drone flying in restricted airspace over the wildfire on Thursday, the local fire department said.

The specially designed CL-415 firefighting aircraft are used to collect and drop more than 1,500 gallons of seawater on active fires.

The aircraft in question, Quebec 1, “sustained wing damage and remains grounded and out of service,” Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said, adding that there were no reported injuries.

The collision caused all aircraft responding to the Palisades Fire to be temporarily grounded, The War Zone reported, citing Cal Fire. It is one of two such aircraft stationed on site, The War Zone said.

CNN has reached out to Cal Fire for comment.

The LAFD released photos of the aircraft, tail number C-GQBG, which showed a hole in the front of one of its wings. C-GQBG is listed as Canadair CL-415 on several flight tracking websites.

Two CL-415 aircraft are sent annually from the Canadian province of Quebec to California under a 31-year-old agreement between their respective governments, CNN news affiliate CBC reported.

Sarah Bensadoun, a spokeswoman for Quebec’s Ministry of Transportation, told CBC the province is sending a fire team of 25 pilots and 20 technicians.

On Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted on Canada.

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

The FAA stressed late Thursday that it has “not allowed anyone not associated with Los Angeles Fire Department operations to fly drones” in the restricted airspace put in place because of the wildfires.

“The FAA takes these violations seriously and is immediately considering expeditious enforcement action for these violations,” the agency said.

It said drones flying close to aerial firefighting aircraft could bring tankers to the ground, slowing firefighting efforts and costing lives.

The FAA did not specify which agency operated the aerial firefighting aircraft. Flight tracking data showed that Cal Fire air tankers and helicopters, as well as those from county fire departments and government contractors, were operating over the wildfires in Los Angeles on Thursday.