Courtesy: Wasco County Sheriff's OfficeAuthorities with forest and fire agencies expressed sorrow and condolences Tuesday while addressing a firefighting death at the White River Fire in Oregon. White River Fire August 24, 2020. (Update: Church identifies firefighter pilot killed in crash) Was doing bucket drops on 1,100-acre White River Fire. — A helicopter pilot who worked for a Bozeman, Montana company contracted to the U.S. Forest Service was killed in a crash while dropping water on the White River Fire in the Mt. The pilot of a helicopter was killed August 24 while assisting firefighters on the White River Fire in Oregon. Hood National Forest. Hood National Forest. Hood since it started from a lightning strike August 17. HOOD NATL. Helicopter pilot dies battling White River Fire Associated Press THE DALLES — Authorities say a firefighting pilot has died in a helicopter crash at the Mt. U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Rachel Pawlitz told KVTZ that the Type 1 Kmax helicopter was dropping water on the White River Fire, in rough terrain, when the crash occurred. He was 40 years old. SANDY, Oregon – A pilot died on Monday in a helicopter crash while fighting a 1,100-acre wildfire on the Mt. The crash happened while the helicopter—a Type 1 Kmax—was conducting bucket drops on the White River Fire in Mt. His dad, the pilot of the airplane pictured, flew his son home today. The White River Fire has burned 1,350 acres 11 miles southeast of Mt. I took these photos of the helicopter while on a … A pilot battling an Oregon wildfire died Monday, Aug. 24, when his helicopter crashed. FOREST, Ore. – A helicopter pilot died Monday while fighting the White River Fire, the U. S. Forest Service said. He had been doing bucket drops on the fire for several days with a Type 1 Kmax helicopter before the crash, said Brian Goff, the Forest Service incident commander for the White River Fire. 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