Los Angeles authorities have vowed to prosecute illegal drone flights after a civilian drone collided with a Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire Thursday, forcing it to be grounded.

The CL-415 aircraft being used in California can drop large amounts of water on fires and fills its tank by skimming along a body of water without having to land.

Drones and other aircraft not helping with firefighting efforts are prohibited in temporary flight restriction zones around wildfires.

A plane helping fight the Los Angeles fire was 'struck by a civilian drone' and the FAA has issued an urgent warning

Idiot civilian drone operators flying flying over the Palisades wildfire crashed their attention-machine into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft meant to fight said deadly fire. The Canadair CL-415 was struck on the nose and wing by a consumer drone Thursday,

PHOTO: Firefighting aircraft damaged after colliding with drone over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California. The plane landed safety and is grounded because of the damage. Officials are investigating. pic.twitter.com/UDAjalGyxR

The plane landed safely but is out of service because the collision damaged its wing, a Cal Fire spokesman said.

Several viral videos and images appeared to be taken with drones in conflict with a temporary flight restriction (TFR) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to protect firefighting aircraft.

Cal Fire will receive two more CL-415 Super Scoopers from a Canadian non-profit to replace the one damaged Thursday by a drone strike as it was fighting the Palisades Fire, The War Zone has learned. This will take the total force of Super Scoopers currently available to Cal Fire from one to three.