If all ends badly, this is a sad twist to the sequence of events, particularly if the fires were deliberately lit.
Lindsay Brown, the Mayor of the Eurobodalla Shire, near Moruya, says the pilot had been delivering parts for the helicopters fighting the fires in New South Wales.
The aircraft is registered to the CEO and founder of Kestrel aviation who run helicopters out of Mangalore and likely have aircraft fighting fires in NSW.