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Pilot in deadly Oregon crash worked for Montana chopper firm

| August 26, 2020 12:03 AM

THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) — A helicopter pilot who died late Monday while fighting a wildfire in Oregon's Mount Hood National Forest worked for a private company based in Bozeman, Montana that was under contract for aerial firefighting with the U.S. Forest Service, authorities said Tuesday.

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