The Church at the Ranch holds its services on Sunday, July 1, 2012, at the Penrose Norris Event Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. It would normally hold services at Flying W Ranch, but their place of worship burned down in the Waldo Canyon fire. So far, the blaze, now 45 percent contained, has damaged or destroyed nearly 350 homes. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Jerilee Bennett)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. | A military cargo plane from North Carolina has crashed while fighting a wildfire in South Dakota, but there’s no official word on death or injuries.

Nina Foster, 17, return to the remains of her family’s home on Courtney Drive in the Mountain Shadows subdivision in Colorado Springs, Colo., for the first time since they were evacuated, Sunday July 1, 2012. Their home, was one of over 350 homes burned in the Waldo Canyon Fire. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Mahala Gaylord)Nina Foster, 17, return to the remains of her family’s home on Courtney Drive in the Mountain Shadows subdivision in Colorado Springs, Colo., for the first time since they were evacuated, Sunday July 1, 2012. Their home, was one of over 350 homes burned in the Waldo Canyon Fire. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Mahala Gaylord)
Cortney Lee, left, looks over what is left of her great aunt’s home Sunday, July 1, 2012, in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, Colo., after the Waldo Canyon fire ravaged the neighborhood. So far, the blaze, now 45 percent contained, has damaged or destroyed nearly 350 homes. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Heather Rousseau) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT
Jerry Lidenberg, 75, and his wife Beth , 71, look over the ashes of the home they lived in for 19 years on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in the Mountain Shadows subdivision of Colorado Springs, Colo., after the Waldo Canyon fire ravaged the neighborhood. So far, the blaze, now 45 percent contained, has damaged or destroyed nearly 350 homes. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Heather Rousseau) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT
The Church at the Ranch holds its services on Sunday, July 1, 2012, at the Penrose Norris Event Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. It would normally hold services at Flying W Ranch, but their place of worship burned down in the Waldo Canyon fire. So far, the blaze, now 45 percent contained, has damaged or destroyed nearly 350 homes. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Jerilee Bennett)

The North Carolina Air National Guard says six crew members were aboard. The C-130 is part of the 145th Airlift Wing in Charlotte, N.C.

Military officials say the plane crashed after dropping fire retardant Sunday in the Black Hills.

A U.S. Forest Service official in Colorado offered sympathy to the crew members’ families.

South Dakota officials tell the Rapid City Journal (https://tinyurl.com/86dpvvc) three crew members were taken to a hospital. Military officials won’t comment.

Eight C-130s can be equipped to drop water or fire retardant. In addition to the Charlotte unit, they’re flown by National Guard and Reserve units in California, Colorado and Wyoming.