Several people have been killed after a single-engine plane crashed into a waterfront mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, United States, damaging four homes and setting the area on fire.
Persecondnews reports that the plane that slammed into a home, razed part of the mobile home park, Bayside Waters.
The city’s Fire Chief, Scott Ehlers, said they were on the ground at about 7:15 p.m. when “they found four trailer homes on fire, one of which had the crashed plane inside.”
Ehlers also confirmed “several fatalities both from the aircraft and within the mobile home,” but he didn’t provide the precise number of how many people died.
The plane was found “predominately’ in one mobile home, the fire chief said Thursday. Crew were still trying to tame hotspots and reach the bodies of those who died,” Ehlers added.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the cause of the crash.
The FAA released a statement following the crash:”A single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35 crashed into a residential area in Clearwater, Florida, around 7 p.m. local time on Thursday, Feb. 1, after the pilot reported an engine failure.
“It is not yet known how many people were on board; the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide any updates.”
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