Helicopter crashes while working on the Loon Lake fire in central Idaho.

This Bell 214ST helicopter working under contract on the Loon Lake fire in the Payette National Forest in central Idaho made an emergency landing on the edge of Steamboat Lake in a remote and rugged area of the forest. Both the pilot and mechanic sustained non-life threatening injuries and were airlifted to McCall, ID. More information is available at http://www.inciweb.org/incident/news/article/801/4542/

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This Bell 214ST helicopter working under contract on the Loon Lake fire in the Payette National Forest in central Idaho made an emergency landing on the edge of Steamboat Lake in a remote and rugged area of the forest. Both the pilot and mechanic sustained non-life threatening injuries and were airlifted to McCall, ID. More information is available at http://www.inciweb.org/incident/news/article/801/4542/