Name: Jose Victor Gonzales Rank: Pilot Age: 45 Gender: Male Status: Career Years of Service: Unk Date of Incident: 03/10/2005 Time of Incident: 1355hrs Date of Death: 03/10/2005 Fire Department Name: United States Forest Service, Sabine National Forest, Fire Department Address: National Forests in Texas, 415 S. First Street, Suite 110, Lufkin, TX 75901 Fire Department Phone: (936) 639-8501 Fire Department Website: www.fs.fed.us/r8/texas/about/index.shtml Fire Department Chief: Forest Supervisor Fred Salinas Cause of Death: Jose Victor Gonzales, John Greeno and Charles Edgar all died as a result of a helicopter crash while working a prescribed burn, dropping fire pellets to start fires in the forest below, near Shelbyville, TX. The cause of the helicopter crash is still to be determined.
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