Helicopter crash kills pilot and crew member amid Utah wildfire battle

Utah wildfire suppression efforts continued, with containment standing at 24 percent.

The pilots were killed when their Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter went down Friday morning, according to the Sevier County Sheriff.

Two helicopter pilots who crashed while they were fighting a wildfire in Utah are dead, officials confirmed.

Officials did not identify the pilots but said they were employed by Helicopter Transport Services, which was contracted by US Forest Service Two helicopter pilots who crashed while they were fighting a wildfire in Utah have died, officials confirmed Saturday. The pilots were killed when their Sikorsky Skycrane helicop

Officials have confirmed that two pilots who crashed while fighting a wildfire in Utah are dead

Pilots of helicopter that crashed while fighting wildfire in Utah are dead, officials say  AP News

A firefighting helicopter carrying two people crashed on Friday while responding to a wildfire raging in central Utah, authorities said.

A helicopter battling a 165-square-mile Utah wildfire crashed near Richfield with two people on board.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the helicopter crashed in Richfield, which is about 160 miles south of Salt Lake City.