KEENE, N.H. — Officials are investigating a deadly plane crash that killed two people in Keene, N.H., Friday night.
The Mayor of Keene gave an update to the crash investigation on Saturday morning confirming that two people that were on board the plane were killed.
Police and fire crews responded to a report of an explosion and a fire at a building on Lower Main Street in Keene, shortly before 7 p.m.
Once on the scene, police located a single-engine plane that crashed. Crews quickly went to work to put out the flames that could be seen coming from the building.
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“It felt like I was standing by a bonfire, that’s how hot. I could already feel it,” said Scott Gauthier, a resident who spoke to Boston 25 News.
The plane struck a multifamily building near the Keene Airport, according to a post on the City of Keene’s Facebook page. “Unfortunately those on the plane have perished,” the post continued.
“It appears most of the accident was in a barn area, so no one in the residence was hurt at all,” said Captain Steve Tenney of the Keene Police Department.
Jason Mason, a Keene resident told Boston 25 that he was stunned by the incident.
“It sounded like it went into a couple of trees and then you hear this big metallic crash and I thought wow that is amazing what the heck happened,” said Mason. “This just doesn’t usually happen in this neighborhood. We live next to an airport and it could happen at any point but it finally did.”
At this time it is unknown what caused the plane to crash.
The FAA says the plane is a single-engine Beechcraft Sierra.
Both the FAA and the NTSB have been called in to investigate the crash.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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