STORY: :: A fire broke out after a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house in Lithuania
:: Rescuers are on the scene with one reported death
:: Vilnius, Lithuania
:: November 25, 2024
Firefighters were seen at 05:30 CET pouring water on the smoke from the building about 1.3 km north of the runway of the airport in the Lithuanian capital. A large police and ambulance presence was seen nearby and several nearby high streets were blocked off.
The plane, operated by a contractor on behalf of DHL, had come from Leipzig and crashed into the house, a spokesman for the government’s National Crisis Management Center said. All the people in the house survived, he added.
Police said the plane crashed into a house as it approached to land, and 12 people were safely evacuated from the building. They are still looking for the fourth person, police added.