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Article: Chile firefighters' helicopter crashes, killing 13
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- February 16, 2009
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A helicopter carrying firefighters from a forest fire crashed in southern Chile on Sunday, killing all 13 people on board, authorities said.
The helicopter hit a hillside near Chanco, some 165 miles (270 kilometers) south of Santiago, said Maule province Gov. Maria del Carmen Perez.
Twelve firefighters and a pilot were killed, said Angelica Saez, who runs the county where the crash occurred. The government previously said 14 people had died, including a co-pilot.
The helicopter had just retrieved the firefighters from a day's work battling a blaze, which was still being controlled at the time of the crash.
The firefighters were all young men between the ages of 18 ...