The pilot who died said he was excited about his nighttime flight as it was believed to make history in the U.S. The crash is still under investigation.
A pilot crashed and died while fighting a wildfire near Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. It's the second person to die this week from wind-driven wildfires in the Rockies, the Associated Press reported.
The flight was believed to be the first time in U.S. history that a fixed-winged aircraft was being used to fight a fire at night using night-vision goggles, Denver-based news station KUSA-TV reported.Earlier this week, another person died from a wind-driven wildfire near Wyoming's border with Montana. Kristie Hoffert, medical chief for the Clark Fire District, said the person who died was a family member of a firefighter.For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below.
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