On this picture offered by Portland Fireplace & Rescue, firefighters use hand ropes to extinguish the hearth adjoining to the primary construction concerned after a small airplane crashed in Fairview, Oregon, on Aug. 31, 2024. | Photograph credit score: AP
Three persons are lifeless after a small airplane crashed right into a row of townhouses Saturday morning (Aug. 31, 2024) in an east Portland neighborhood, setting the properties ablaze, authorities instructed KATU-TV.
Authorities had stated earlier within the day that the airplane was carrying two individuals and that no less than one resident was lacking.
Photographs and video posted by KGW-TV in Portland confirmed one of many townhomes engulfed in flames as black smoke billowed from adjoining properties. Gresham Fireplace Chief Scott Lewis stated the hearth had unfold to no less than 4 of the properties, displacing as many as six households. He stated two individuals had been handled on the scene, however he didn’t describe the kind or severity of accidents.
The Federal Aviation Administration recognized the plane as a twin-engine Cessna 421C, which it says crashed round 10:30 a.m. close to Troutdale Airport, a few 30-minute drive east of Portland.
Based on the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Workplace, when the airplane went down, it knocked down a pole and energy strains, sparking one other wildfire in a close-by subject. The airplane broke into a number of items when it crashed within the residential space of the city of Fairview, dwelling to about 10,000 individuals.
Lewis stated the primary name in regards to the hearth got here from management tower personnel at Troutdale Airport, who noticed a thick plume of smoke rising into the air. However Lewis stated preliminary studies indicated there was “no misery or emergency name” from the airplane itself earlier than it crashed.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board is accountable for investigating the crash. The company has despatched two investigators to the crash web site who will doc the wreckage, spokesman Peter Knudson stated. He didn’t launch any additional particulars in regards to the crash.
The web site of the Port of Portland, which oversees common aviation and maritime operations within the Portland space, describes Troutdale Airport as a “flight coaching and recreation airport.”
