Helicopter pilot from Rancho Cucamonga dies in Central Valley crash

A pilot from Rancho Cucamonga fighting one of hundreds of wildfires in the state was killed Wednesday, Aug. 19, when his helicopter crashed near Coalinga in the Central Valley, authorities said.
The pilot, identified by the Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner Office on Thursday as Michael John Fournier, 52, a husband and father of two teen-aged girls, was contracted by Cal Fire to work a water-dropping mission on the Hills Fire in western Fresno County, according to Cal Fire.
The Bell helicopter pilot