A helicopter mobilized to contain a fire has crashed in South Gyeongsang Province. All three people on board the aircraft have been rescued and sustained no life-threatening injuries. 

According to fire prevention authorities from the province, the helicopter was extinguishing a blaze near Hapcheon Dam in Hapcheon County at around 3:05 p.m. on Wednesday when it crashed. Authorities are probing the exact cause of the accident.

The Dauphin chopper was purchased from Airbus in December 2006. A crash involving the same type of helicopter killed five people in 2014 as they were returning from search operations for the victims of the Sewol ferry sinking.