FRESNO, Calif. - A helicopter pilot was killed in a crash while battling one of the hundreds of wildfires currently burning across California.The pilot was identified as Mike Fournier, 52, of Rancho Cucamonga, an employee of an aviation company contracted by the state fire agency who leaves behind a wife and two daughters.A helicopter pilot killed in a crash while fighting one of the hundreds of California wildfires was identified as an employee of an aviation company contracted by the state fire agency who leaves behind a wife and two daughters.Get breaking news alerts in the FOX 11 News app.
Download for iOS or Android.Fournier was killed Wednesday morning when the Bell UH-1H helicopter went down in a rural area south of the Central.