JUST IN: Three people have been killed after two helicopters collided while fighting a fire in Southern California, officials say.
“The first helicopter was able to land safely nearby. Unfortunately, the second helicopter crashed and tragically all three members perished,” CalFire Southern Region Chief David Fulcher said in a news conference. The victims included a contracted pilot, a CalFire division chief and a CalFire captain, Fulcher said. The helicopters were among six aircraft responding to the Broadway Fire, which began Sunday after a structure fire spread to nearby vegetation, according to the region chief.
, the “forward rate of spread” had been stopped, the agencies said. A second four-acre fire was ignited by the helicopter crash but has since been extinguished, Fulcher said. The deaths are the first of California’s 2023 fire season, according to data from CalFire. “I would like to express our deepest sympathies and sorrow to the families and coworkers of the personnel,” Fulcher said.
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