9 firemen presumed dead in US chopper crash
Thursday 7 August 2008
Nine people are missing presumed dead in California after a helicopter carrying firefighters to a bushfire crashed and exploded.
The chopper went down in remote terrain near Redding in the state's north, in an area known as the Shasta Trinity National Forest.
Four survivors have been taken to hospital.
Two are said to be in a critical condition.
Source: ABC Online News - www.abc.net.au









