A helicopter that was fighting a fire crashes in California

2023-08-07 06:16:02

CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — A fire helicopter crashed Sunday in Southern California while fighting a fire in Riverside County, according to emergency officials.

The helicopter was under contract to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, spokesman and fire Captain Richard Cordova said.

Police responded at 7:20 p.m. to an aerial emergency in the area of ​​Pipeline Road and Apache Trail as emergency crews battled the Broadway Fire near Cabazon, according to a county police post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The department was still investigating the crash and whether other aircraft were involved, Cordova said.

At first there were no details on the number of injured or deceased.

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