Helicopter Crashes Responding To Fire Near Stanley, Idaho. Pilot Miraculously Survives And Hikes Self Out.
3rd wildfire aviation crash in the U.S. in under a month.
Yesterday, a helicopter responding to the Bench Lake Fire outside Stanley, Idaho, crashed. That fire is burning in the Sawtooth National Forest. The pilot survived the crash and was able to hike themselves out to a waiting ambulance.
Crazy stuff.
The Sawtooth National Forest put out the following statement:
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