Two helicopter pilots killed while battling Yosemite fires

A helicopter assisting in fighting the Dome fire in Yosemite national park crashed on Sunday afternoon Two helicopter pilots died while fighting a fire in Yosemite national park on Sunday afternoon. The pilots were conducting water drops over the Dome fire, which had burned more than 3,000 acres since it ignited last week, when their helicopter crashed around 3pm, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Continue reading...

Maanvi Singh and agency · Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 1:50 PM
California | The Guardian

Two helicopter pilots killed while battling Yosemite fires

A helicopter assisting in fighting the Dome fire in Yosemite national park crashed on Sunday afternoon

Two helicopter pilots died while fighting a fire in Yosemite national park on Sunday afternoon.

The pilots were conducting water drops over the Dome fire, which had burned more than 3,000 acres since it ignited last week, when their helicopter crashed around 3pm, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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