Overkill: Flamethrower drone incinerates wasp nests in China

A drone equipped with a flamethrower burns a wasp nest at a village in China (Blue Sky Rescue/AP)

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

Blue Sky Rescue, a volunteer group that conducts search and rescue and other emergency work, has teamed up with residents in Zhong county near the city of Chongqing.