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The Associated Press reports that the four people who died in the plane crash Saturday near Mount Charleston were a candidate for a county supervisor position in Oakley, Calif. , a Bay Area Rapid Transit Police officer and their wives.
The AP writes that a BART spokesman says 37-year-old Erik Nunn, a candidate for District 5 supervisor from Oakley, was piloting the Piper Cherokee plane that crashed in flames Saturday afternoon about 40 miles from Las Vegas.
Spokesman Linton Johnson says Nunn and his wife, Tanya were returning to California after celebrating their 10th anniversary with their neighbors, 36-year-old Craig Wilson and his wife, Michele.
The Nunns had four children, ages 4 to 9, and the Wilsons had three children, 3 to 14.
The Clark County coroner's office has not identified the crash victims.
As of this morning, firefighters have contained a 12-acre wildfire sparked by the crash, which is northwest of Las Vegas.
U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Lisa Ross told the AP some of the 200 local, state and federal firefighters who battled the Echo fire have been released. But she says some will remain in the area this week making sure no hot spots flare up again.
Ross says no one was hurt fighting the fire in the pinon and juniper forest, and none of the 38 homes initially threatened by flames was damaged. Residents have been allowed to return, and roads into the area have reopened except at the crash site.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine Piper Cherokee aircraft crashed while en route from North Las Vegas to Byron, Calif.
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