Air tanker pilot killed as US wildfires spread

Search and rescue teams found the small single-engine air tanker after it disappeared while fighting the 219-square-mile (567 square kilometres) Falls Fire burning in Oregon’s east

A vehicle drives past the spreading River Fire (August Frank/Lewiston Tribune via AP)

Sat, 27 Jul, 2024 - 03:58

Associated Press reporters

An air tanker pilot is dead after his plane went down battling wildfires in the United States.

Search and rescue teams found the small single-engine air tanker after it disappeared while fighting the 219-square-mile (567 square kilometres) Falls Fire burning in Oregon’s east.