Firefighters' Helicopter Crashes; 9 Feared Dead

Another 4 are injured in northern California
By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 6, 2008 5:08 PM CDT
Firefighters' Helicopter Crashes; 9 Feared Dead
This image provided by NASA taken Tuesday July 22, 2008 shows smoke engulfing the northern Sacramento Valley in California. Northern California.   (AP Photo)

Nine people are missing and presumed dead and another four are badly burned after a helicopter carrying firefighters crashed in northern California, the Los Angeles Times reports. The helicopter went down Tuesday in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, but the cause is unclear. Those on board were helping fight a 27-square-mile fire in the forest.
(More helicopter stories.)

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