Three US firefighters killed in air tanker crash fighting bushfires in Australia
New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian expresses condolences to families of the firefighters on board
Three American firefighters have died after a waterbombing air tanker crashed while fighting fires in New South Wales.
The NSW Rural Fire Service said in a statement that “contact had been lost with a Large Air Tanker which was working in the Snowy Monaro area” on Thursday afternoon.