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Two Pilots Lost in Wildfire Battle | Boise News
Two heroic pilots, Miles Elliott and Christopher Andersen, died in a helicopter crash while battling Utah’s Widemouth 2 Fire — a blaze that flared anew from the wreckage, delaying rescue efforts. Both were seasoned aviators with deep roots in wildfire service; Andersen, a 40-year Army veteran, and Elliott, a selfless national hero, exemplified courage under fire. Their Sikorsky Skycrane, contracted by the U.S. Forest Service, went down amid one of the West’s deadliest fire seasons — fueled by record heat and drought. As investigators from the NTSB and FAA probe the cause, their families and…
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