Pilots of helicopter that crashed while fighting Utah wildfire confirmed dead, officials say

Two helicopter pilots died when their Sikorsky Skycrane crashed Friday morning while fighting a wildfire in Utah's Fishlake National Forest. The Guardian reports the helicopter was contracted by the US Forest Service. The crash itself sparked a new fire that merged with the existing blaze—the combined fire has now scorched nearly one hundred seventy-four square miles.

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