ISLAMABAD – Six people died when a military helicopter that was helpingfight forest fires crashed in the north-central state of Queretaro, Mexico.
The Russian-made MI-17 transport helicopter was carrying water tofirefighters when it went down Friday in the pine-covered mountains knownas the Sierra Gorda.
The crash occurred near the township of Jalpan de la Sierra, located on ahigh mountain range that drops abruptly onto Mexico’s Gulf coast plain.
The National Forests Commission said Saturday that one of its workers diedin the crash, raising the death toll to six.
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Five Navy crew members also died. Mexico has suffered hundreds of brush,pasture and forest fires in recent weeks amid very hot, dry conditions.
