Sevier County Sheriff shares hard decision made after firefighters’ helicopter crash; ‘not an easy choice’
Officials recovered the bodies of two pilots after the Skycrane crashed during the 111,000-acre Widemouth 2 Fire, and investigators are probing the cause.
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Recovery Crews Navigate Steep Utah Terrain After Helicopter Crash Near Richfield Kills Two Firefighters and Delays Access to the Wreckage for a Day – Central Recorder Publishing
RICHFIELD, UT — Responders faced difficult ground and active fire conditions Saturday while trying to reach the bodies of two firefighters killed when a helicopter crashed Friday near the Widemouth 2 Fire in central Utah. The Sikorsky S-64 went down shortly after 10:30 a.m. near Richfield, and crews spent the next day working toward the site. The victims were the pilot and a passenger aboard the aircraft. Their names have not been released, and …
Sevier County Sheriff shares hard decision made after firefighters’ helicopter crash; ‘not an easy choice’
SEVIER COUNTY, Utah, Aug. 9, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — The Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter, one of several assigned to battle the 111,000 acre Widemouth 2 Fire, went down at about 10:40 a.m. Friday. Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis told reporters at a Sunday news conference that he arrived within visual distance of the site about 40 minutes later. Ground crews had tried to reach the area of the downed craft, but fire conditions prevented their saf…
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