Man charged with murder after fire planes collide

HOPLAND, Calif.--A man was charged with murder Tuesday in thedeaths of two pilots whose firefighting planes collided over a blazethat may have broken out at an illegal drug lab in the woods.

Frank Brady, 50, of Redwood Valley was being held without bailafter Mendocino County prosecutor Norm Vroman filed the charges.

A second man, Richard Mortensen, 43, of San Pablo was arrested onoutstanding warrants for drug and weapons charges. Vroman said he mayalso be charged in the deaths.

Both suspects declined requests for interviews.

Evidence of a methamphetamine production lab was discovered nearthe site where the fire began, Vroman said. Investigators …