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Uwa Ede-Osifo

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Utah wildfire blocks rescuers from reaching firefighting helicopter crash site | History Defined

Red and white helicopter with hose trailing, above hills
A Sikorsky Skycrane rises after refilling during efforts to fight the Widemouth 2 fire east of Fillmore, Utah, on 4 August, before it crashed on 7 August. Photograph: Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News/AP

Two helicopter pilots who crashed while they were fighting a wildfire in Utah have died, officials confirmed on Saturday. The pilots were killed when their Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter went down on Friday morning, according to the Sevier county sheriff.

The helicopter was among those fighting a fire in the Fishlake national forest. The crash ignited a new fire that spread to connect with the existing blaze, which has now scorched nearly 174 square miles (nearly 451 sq km).

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