Three crew were killed Sunday night in a midair collision between two Cal Fire helicopters fighting a blaze near Riverside, according to a Cal Fire spokesman. All three—a pilot and two firefighters—were in a Bell 407 being used as a command and observation aircraft. The second helo, a Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane with two aboard, landed safely.
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