The three American firefighters who died when their water-bombing plane crashed while trying to fight Australia's catastrophic bushfires have been identified. The firefighters were on a plane chartered by American firefighting company Coulson Aviation that was in Australia to help tackle the bushfire crisis. 'At Coulson Aviation, we have the incredible job of fighting fires around the world and we take pride in this responsibility,' the statement read. 'The brave Americans who died near Snowy Monaro died helping Australia in its time of need. 'We've seen fires get to emergency warning level today, up to five at any given time.

Source: Daily Mail January 24, 2020 02:01 UTC