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Incident Information:
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Location:
California -
Date:
09/12/2015 -
Incident Type:
EntrapmentHelicopter Incident -
Description:
On Saturday, September 12, 2015, at approximately 1402 hours, one helitack fire captain and three helitack firefighters suffered serious burn injuries after becoming entrapped and then deployed their fire shelters on the Valley Incident, in Lake County, California.
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