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“Our hearts our heavy with the news that we lost two firefighters, Thomas ‘Tommy’ Hayes of Post Falls and Jared Bird of Anchorage, Alaska," Little's statement said

Flags across the state of Idaho have been ordered at half-staff for two pilots killed in a helicopter crash while fighting a wildfire in Lemhi County.

An aircraft being used to battle the 23,620-acre Moose Fire northeast of Salmon crashed on Thursday.

The U.S. Forest Service said the aircraft with two pilots on board crashed near Salmon around 3:30 p.m. Thursday while fighting the Moose Fire

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Both pilots of a firefighting helicopter that crashed in Idaho have died, the U.S. Forest Service said Friday. Mary Cernicek with the

The accident was under investigation by the Forest Service and the Lemhi County Sheriffs Office.

SALMON, Idaho – A North Idaho man was one of two firefighters killed in a helicopter crash in the Salmon River Thursday. Thomas Hayes, 41, lived in Post Falls, but

An aircraft being used to battle the 23,620-acre Moose Fire northeast of Salmon crashed on Thursday.

Two experienced pilots who were decorated military veterans died after their helicopter crashed while fighting the Moose fire on Thursday, officials said.

Both pilots of a firefighting helicopter that crashed in Idaho have died, the U.S. Forest Service said on Friday