NEW : The pilot is identified as Geoffrey `` Craig '' Hunt , Wednesday . Authorities lost contact with an air tanker while it is fighting a blaze in Foresta . Investigators from the NTSB , FAA should arrive on site 62 . The tanker that crashed was an S-2T , one of several aircraft that Cal Fire deploys to battle wildfires . 60 homes have been evacuated due to the blaze , according to Yosemite spokesman .
NEW : The pilot is identified as Geoffrey `` Craig '' Hunt , Wednesday . Authorities lost contact with an air tanker while it is fighting a blaze in Foresta . Investigators from the NTSB , FAA should arrive on site 62 . 60 homes have been evacuated due to the blaze , according to Yosemite spokesman .