Officials in Australia on Thursday searched for a water tanker plane believed to have crashed while fighting wildfires.
A C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker with three aboard crashed Thursday while battling wildfires in the Snowy Monaro region of Australia’s southern New South Wales state, officials said.“The only thing I have from the field reports are that the plane came down, it’s crashed and there was a large fireball associated with that crash,” Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said.
“Arrivals and departures are affected due to aviation firefighting operations,” the airport authority said on Twitter. Another tweet from traffic police said “the fire is moving fast and there are multiple road closures in the area. Please avoid the area. Local road blocks in place.”Residents in some Canberra suburbs were advised to seek shelter and others to leave immediately.
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