TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) – The retired Northwest Fire Department chief fire officer and a pilot who were killed after a plane crash fighting the Cedar Basin Fire in Mohave County were taken home from Coronado National Forest on Sunday, according to a Facebook post brought.
Retired Fire Chief Jeff Piechura and 48-year-old pilot Matthew Miller were the two on board the plane when the crash occurred, the Bureau of Land Management confirmed. The crash occurred when crews carried out an air strike over the fire near Wikieup.
Piechura was Air Tactical Group Supervisor and Miller was the pilot at Falcon Executive Aviation Inc.
The two were taken to Tucson and Mesa.
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