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Pilot Geoffrey "Craig" Hunt was killed when his airtanker crashed into a canyon wall while fighting the Dog Rock Fire in Yosemite.

The pilot killed in the fatal airtanker crash has been identified as Geoffrey "Craig" Hunt, age 62, of San Jose.

A wildfire fire near Foresta in Yosemite National Park has prompted the park service to evacuate 60 homes. The fire has also closed Highway 140 into Yosemite.

The pilot was flying an S-2T airtanker when he crashed while helping to fight a wildfire. The pilot's name has not been released, but he was working out of the Hollister area.

Cal Fire officials they were able to access the crash site of an airtanker that crashed near Yosemite and determined that the pilot on board had died.

Cal Fire officials say the Junction Fire in Oakhurst is 95 percent contained.