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From the US press:

Bergen said the helicopter went down about 12 miles northeast of Palatka, which is about 40 miles east of Gainesville.

Federal and local investigators were on the scene Tuesday to look through the wreckage, Clay County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Russ Burke said Tuesday.

The site was about a mile off a dirt road in a densely wooded area, and the crash ignited a fire that burned about 10 acres of woods, Burke said.

The wreckage was discovered around noon Monday, and the aircraft was not in one piece, he said.

“It was well hidden in the woods,” Burke said. “If it hadn’t set the woods on fire it might have been awhile before anyone spotted it.”
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