Australia Wildfire: Firefighting Plane Crashes (approximated) - (10/24/2013)

Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/australia-wildfire_n_4153643.html) SYDNEY, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A plane dousing wildfires in bushland around the Australia's biggest city, Sydney, crashed into a national park on Thursday, sparking a new fire to add to 55 still burning across the state of New South Wales. The RFS said it held "grave concerns" for the pilot of a water bomber fixed-wing aircraft that crashed in the Budawang National Park, 270 km (170 miles) southwest of Sydney, a wilderness area of steep mountainsides and forests popular with hikers and campers.