{"id":5016,"date":"2026-07-13T12:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5016"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:35:40","slug":"aircraft-goes-down-in-colorado-reservoir-while-fighting-gold-mountain-fire-1-body-recovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5016","title":{"rendered":"Aircraft goes down in Colorado reservoir while fighting Gold Mountain Fire; 1 body recovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Dive teams were called to Silver Jack Reservoir in western Colorado on Sunday after a firefighting aircraft went down in the water. The Gunnison County Sheriff&#8217;s Office hasn&#8217;t said if the aircraft was a plane or helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office said in a news release Sunday night that it appeared there was only one person on board.<\/p>\n<p>Gunnison County Sheriff Adam Murdie later said in another release that a body was recovered from the aircraft and was being taken to the county coroner&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>He said the person&#8217;s identity wouldn&#8217;t be released until next of kin are notified.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft was involved in the fight against the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/more-evacuations-gold-mountain-fire-southwestern-colorado\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Gold Mountain Fire<\/a><\/span>, which started late last month and is only 5% contained. The burn area covers more than 35,601 acres, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/inciweb.wildfire.gov\/incident-publication\/cogmf-gold-mountain-fire\/gold-mountain-fire-daily-update-july-12-2026-07-12-2026\" rel=\"noopener\">InciWeb<\/a>, the national incident information system for wildfires.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/13\/ae2336b7-f653-4de8-824e-3e6a1971dd3b\/thumbnail\/620x354\/8d45dd0249e68718ec28d462c7f6c675\/2026-07-01t233816z-248008417-rc225mat947h-rtrmadp-3-usa-wildfire-satellite.jpg#\" alt=\"A satellite view shows active fire lines northeast of Ouray Gold Mountain Fire in Colorado \" height=\"354\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/13\/ae2336b7-f653-4de8-824e-3e6a1971dd3b\/thumbnail\/620x354\/8d45dd0249e68718ec28d462c7f6c675\/2026-07-01t233816z-248008417-rc225mat947h-rtrmadp-3-usa-wildfire-satellite.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/13\/ae2336b7-f653-4de8-824e-3e6a1971dd3b\/thumbnail\/1240x708\/1460378001607aa670c96f39a597f3b0\/2026-07-01t233816z-248008417-rc225mat947h-rtrmadp-3-usa-wildfire-satellite.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A satellite view shows active fire lines northeast of Ouray, Colorado for the Gold Mountain Fire on July 1, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                VANTOR via Reuters<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The aircraft went down at 5:17 p.m., according to the sheriff&#8217;s office. The reservoir is in southwestern Gunnison County.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the Gold Mountain Fire hasn&#8217;t been determined.<\/p>\n<p>Mandatory evacuations remain <a href=\"https:\/\/ouraycountyco.gov\/552\/Maps-and-Closures\" rel=\"noopener\">in place<\/a> in some areas east and northeast of the city of Ouray. 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The Gunnison County Sheriff&#8217;s Office hasn&#8217;t said if the aircraft was a plane or helicopter. The sheriff&#8217;s office said in a news release Sunday night that it appeared there was only one person&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/13\/ae2336b7-f653-4de8-824e-3e6a1971dd3b\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/c7b5d5512f7de2dcb0c5a76b7c52d6dc\/2026-07-01t233816z-248008417-rc225mat947h-rtrmadp-3-usa-wildfire-satellite.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}