CalFire Pilot Found Dead in Barracks

March 10, 2015
Jerold 'Jerry' Bonner, 72, was found dead March 6.

A pilot with CalFire was found dead in his bunk last week.

Jerold “Jerry” Bonner, 72, was found about 9 a.m. on March 6.

The incident occurred at the Alma Helitack base in Santa Clara County.

Bonner, a CalFire  pilot for the past 16 years, was a U.S. Navy veteran.

This brings to 16 the number of firefighters killed on duty this year. 

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