Park Ranger died while fighting bushfires in New South Wales after a string of incidents

The incident was the third in 24 hours involving aircraft being used to fight about 110 fires burning across NSW, caused mainly by lightning strikes and fuelled by extremely dry bushland.

On Tuesday, a helicopter operating at a firefront about 40km south-east of Tamworth suffered engine malfunction, causing the aircraft to land heavily. The pilot suffered minor facial injuries but the helicopter was extensively damaged.

At Bathurst about 7pm on Tuesday, two helicopters clipped each other in heavy smoke and landed safely, one aircraft sustaining minor damage. There were no injuries to personnel.



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