Here's the context.
US pilots helping fight fire in Australia who were killed in plane crash.
Buckeye man among the 3 U.S. firefighters killed while fighting Australia wildfires
Perry Vandell, Arizona Republic Published 8:01 p.m. MT Jan. 23, 2020 | Updated 8:07 p.m. MT Jan. 23, 2020
Paul Clyde Hudson (Photo: Courtesy of Coulson Aviation)
A Buckeye man was among the three U.S. firefighters killed in a plane crash while fighting to extinguish the wildfires ravaging the Australian wilderness on Thursday.
First Officer Paul Clyde Hudson, 42, was killed when the C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker he was riding in crashed.
Coulson Aviation, a private company based in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada, and has a presence in Oregon, confirmed Hudson's death in a media release posted on Facebook Thursday evening.
The plane had departed from Richmond, New South Wales, for a firebombing mission around the Snowy Monaro area.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.