Pilot dead after helicopter fighting wildfire crashes in northwestern Alberta

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Investigators with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are deploying to northwestern Alberta after a pilot died in a helicopter crash while fighting a wildfire.

A 41-year-old man from Whitecourt, Alta., died after his helicopter collided with the ground as he worked to deliver water to a fire, RCMP said.

He is the third person to die battling wildfires in Canada this year — fatalities that have brought attention to the dangers crews have faced during the worst season in the country’s history. 

In a deployment notice Thursday morning, the TSB said an investigative team is en route to the scene of the crash near Haig Lake, east of

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