India, May 12 -- Two brothers killed in a plane crash that triggered the massive Canyon Fire in California's Kern County have been identified by family members as Ramzi Al-Shurman and his brother Temo.

The crash occurred on May 7 on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property near Ridgecrest. According to the BLM, authorities received reports around 12:15 pm local time of a commercial aircraft crash in the Ridgecrest Field Office area that resulted in two deaths and sparked a vegetation fire.

Emergency responders, including BLM rangers, search-and-rescue teams and partner agencies, rushed to the scene as the fire rapidly spread through rugged terrain near the El Paso Mountains Wilderness area.

Officials are still investigating the cause o...