A firefighting helicopter crashed in Southern California while fighting a blaze in Riverside County. Fire captain and spokesman Richard Cordova says the helicopter was performing work Sunday under contract with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. A post by the Riverside County Sheriff’s office on X, formerly known as Twitter, says sheriff’s deputies responded at 7:20 p.m. to an air emergency in the area of Pipeline Road and Apache trail as crews were battling the Broadway fire near Cabazon. The department is still investigating the crash and whether other aircraft were involved. There were no details yet on the number of injuries or fatalities.
