![[FILE] An American flag and State of Utah flag fly at half mast near the Utah State Capitol. Gov. Spencer Cox ordered flags to be lowered at state facilities Monday in honor of the 9/11 tragedy.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a48c6ad/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4256x2832+0+0/resize/840x558!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8f%2F44%2F5e0d0dcc4630982df96e029459a8%2Fadobestock-158195647.jpeg)
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has ordered flags lowered to half-staff in honor of two pilots who died battling the Widemouth 2 Fire.
Firefighter pilots Chris Andersen and Miles Elliott died while fighting one of the state’s largest fires in south-central Utah last week.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports Andersen and Elliott’s helicopter crashed within the fire’s boundaries.
The pilots worked for Helicopter Transport Services. Andersen was from Nevada and Eliott lived in California.
Flags will be lowered until after services for the pilots.
As of Aug. 11, the Widemouth 2 Fire has burned nearly 123,000 acres and is 30% contained.
