Helicopter Water Drop Hits Hotshot Crew at Hermit Peak (NM) Fire, Three Injured

A helicopter hit firefighters with a water drop at the Hermit Peak fire Sunday, injuring three of them.

The incident took place at 10:30 a.m. at the fire, which is been burning since early April in the Santa Fe National Forest.

Two of the firefighters suffered relatively minor injuries. The third required multiple surgeries to treat head injuries and a knee cap injury.

The injuries occurred when a helicopter missed the drop zone with a water drop, accidentally striking firefighters, according to the BLM Preliminary Report on the incident.

The injured firefighters were part of the Vale Interagency Hotshot Crew.

 

 

See also  Pelosi to Tour Fire-Ravaged Northern California

Topics

Subscribe to Our Monthly Newsletter

Stay in the loop with our wildland newsletter.

A helicopter hit firefighters with a water drop at the Hermit Peak fire Sunday, injuring three of them. The incident took place at 10:30 a.m. at the fire, which is been burning since early April in the Santa Fe National Forest. Two of the firefighters suffered relatively minor injuries. The third required multiple surgeries to […]

Get The Wildland Firefighter Newsletter

Related Articles

What’s the Cost?

What’s the Cost?

Throughout our lives and careers, there will be times that we’re asked a question or asked to do something that is something we’d rather not say or do. It’s normal. Sometimes we might not believe what the desired answer is. In other words, our boss wants us to agree...