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Firefighting plane crashes in southern France, killing pilot

The pilot of a water-bombing plane died when his Grumman Tracker aircraft crashed during operations to contain numerous separate forest fires in southern France, some of which are believed to have been started by arsonists.

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A firefighting plane battling a forest fire near the southern French commune of Générac crashed on Friday, killing its pilot, local authorities said, reports Deutsche Welle.

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