Three people are dead after a plane fighting wildfires went down in the Northwest Territories. Mounties said the Turbo Commander 690, used as a bird dog plane, crashed Wednesday night about 50 kilometres from Fort Simpson,

N.W.T. Fire extended its condolences to the families of three people who have been confirmed dead following a plane crash near Fort Simpson on Wednesday evening.

The state has added two specialized planes to its firefighting fleet at a time when much of the region is under high, very high and extremely high fire danger. Two Fire Boss aircraft have been leased for the height of wildfire season by the Michigan ...

Three people are dead after their plane crashed while working on the Fort Simpson fire in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Details are still emerging but it appears that the Bird Dog aircraft was working with a larger aerial firefighting tanker on the wildfire.

Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildfires,

2:40 p.m. RCMP say three people have died after the plane they were in crashed while fighting wildfires in the Northwest Territories.

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