Two pilots battling Utah fire were killed in copter crash. They died trying ‘to protect our state,’ Gov. Cox says.
Widemouth 2 Fire swells to the summer’s largest in Utah, threatens freeway.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Helicopters work on the Widemouth 2 Fire near Fillmore on Aug. 3, 2026. Two firefighting pilots were killed in a helicopter crash.