A small plane crashes near a house in a rural area and two people die


A small plane crash in a residential area of ​​Minnesota left two men dead Saturday morning, the Washington County Sheriff's Department told Fox News Digital.

The two men were the only people aboard the single-engine Globe GC-1B when it crashed in Afton, Minnesota, a small town east of Minneapolis, around 10 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to Fox News Digital.

“Just before 9:45 a.m., the Washington County Sheriff's Office received several 911 calls from neighbors near the 15000 block of Afton Hills Blvd S. reporting what appeared to be a small explosion,” the sheriff's office said. .

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The plane burst into flames when it crashed in the yard of a house near its detached garage.

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Lower St. Croix Valley Fire Department crews extinguished the flames and found the bodies of an 85-year-old person from White Bear Lake and a 65-year-old person from Baytown Township.

No injuries were reported on the ground even though people were home at the time, FOX 9 reported.

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The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the accident.

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