7 Aug 2008

Nine believed dead in helicopter crash

9:05 am on 7 August 2008

Nine people are believed to have been killed after a helicopter transporting them to a wildfire in northern California crashed.

The Federal Aviation Administration says another four people aboard the helicopter were critically burned in the crash on Wednesday.

The crash occured in remote terrain 56km northwest of the northern city of Redding. The FAA says the circumstances are not yet known.