Wildfire intensity in the United States has more than doubled over the past two decades, inflicting an estimated $1 trillion in annual economic losses and endangering 115 million Americans. Experts warn that 2025 will become the most destructive and costly fire year in US history. The devastation extends far beyond the loss of homes, impacting the air people breathe, the water they depend on, and the forests vital to the nation’s environment and way of life. A US startup has secured funding to scale the production of its autonomous firefighting drone technology to tackle rising wildfire incidents. Seattle-based Seneca is developing the first fully autonomous fire suppression system featuring drones that can deliver fire-suppressing agents at high pressure and use AI to navigate and extinguish fires in under ten minutes. Will drones be able to tackle wild fire ?

