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CAL FIRE IS PREPARING its aerial units and crews for rapid deployments as wildfire season is expected to ramp up over the ...

The helicopter then tipped over and crashed into the ground. "The noise was a noise I've never heard before. Metal went everywhere. Debris was, it went everywhere," Galvan said.

According to police, the helicopter crashed while attempting to leave a hangar at the airport. Woods Cross Police Department said it was called to the airport at 8:49 a.m.

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