The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Pilot Geoffrey “Craig” Hunt, 62, of CAL FIRE on October 7, 2014.
The pilot of a CAL FIRE S-2T air tanker, Geoffrey “Craig” Hunt, was killed when his aircraft crashed while operating on the Dog Rock Fire near the Arch Rock entrance of Yosemite National Park. There were no other occupants in the aircraft and no injuries were reported among fire crews on the ground near where the aircraft came down. Investigation into the fatal incident continues by state and federal authorities.
Tribute is being paid to Pilot Geoffrey “Craig” Hunt at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 67 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014. Year-to-date and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/fatalityData/statistics
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
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