Paul Pyle, a park employee who lives in El Portal, was outside his home taking a video of a helicopter flying overhead when the firefighting plane came into view.
"It looked like it was just totally out of control and just floating," he said. "It was coming straight down and just a second or so and then 'kaboom,' it exploded on the top of the hill and the wreckage slid down."
"I've never seen anything quite like that," said Pyle, who was still shaken Tuesday evening. "It was horrible to see."
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