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Unified Fire Authority responds after helicopter makes hard landing

Aug 14, 2021, 12:51 PM | Updated: 12:51 pm
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BINGHAM CANYON, Utah — The Unified Fire Authority is on the scene after a helicopter took a hard landing near the Rio Tinto Kennecott Bingham Canyon Copper Mine on Saturday. 

A spokesman told KSL crews located two patients, but he did not yet know their exact condition, or what caused the hard landing of the helicopter. 

Medical helicopters remain on standby. 

This story will be updated. 

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