The incident, which happened in Browns Plains, Queensland on September 29, was described as a first by energy company Energex, which worked to restore power.

The drone was frazzled in the incident and fell off the power lines by itself. “So we didn’t actually have to get the drone off, as such, it actually caught fire and incinerated itself,” Danny Donald, spokesman for Energex, told Australian newspaper The Age.

The drone was operated by delivery company Wing, which transports food and medicine to paying customers via autonomous flying drones. It began operating in Australia in 2019 and has also been expanded to the U.S. and Finland. As of this month, Wing, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet, had carried out 250,000 deliveries around the world.

A spokesperson for Wing told Newsweek on September 30: “We can confirm that a Wing drone made a precautionary controlled landing yesterday in Browns Plains, Queensland, and came to rest on an overhead power line.

“We immediately reported this to Energex, who attended the location. Two hours later, during the retrieval process, there was a power outage in the area. We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused. We’re currently conducting a review of yesterday’s event.”

Energex restored power to around 2,000 people within about 45 minutes, but 300 in the immediate vicinity of the drone were without power for three hours.

Speaking to Australian news outlet ABC, Donald said there appeared to be no permanent damage but that if any network damage was caused in future, then Energex could seek costs for damage.

“Fifteen years ago, we asked people to be careful if they were giving their children kites for Christmas and where they were flying them. Now we’re asking parents to be very careful with where their kids fly their drones,” he said.

Drone delivery networks like Wing are getting more and more popular. In May this year, retail giant Walmart announced it was expanding drone delivery network, in partnership with DroneUp, to 34 sites by the end of the year, potentially reaching four million U.S. households across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

Walmart said customers would be able to order from a list of tens of thousands of items including food and household products weighing up to 10 pounds between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. for a delivery fee of $3.99.