A HORRIBLE plane crash involving two children has been captured in photos along with the brave rescuers who pulled the injured to safety.
The shocking images show the wreckage of the small plane that crashed into the ground in a residential area before catching fire.
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Neighbors and emergency crews could be seen trying to put out the fire and help the victims, including two children.
The surprising scene took place on Friday morning in Arvada, Colorado – a suburb of Denver.
The 1969 Beechcraft 35 crashed into a fence and a tree before crash-landing on the road around 9:30 a.m., local Fox affiliate reports KDVR reported.
There were four passengers on board the plane along with the pilot, according to Alex Lemishko, senior accident investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Everyone on the flight suffered burns and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
The flight crashed about 15 minutes after taking off from Centennial Airport, south of Denver, and was headed to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, another suburban airport about 30 miles northwest.
Witnesses told KDVR that neighbors were the first to evacuate survivors of the crash and that no one on the ground was injured.
“We saw the explosion and the glow outside and said, well, wait a second,” local Randy Hamrick told the press.
He lives with his wife in the house closest to where the plane exploded, he said.
The couple were inside their home at the time and first thought a train might have derailed on nearby tracks when they heard the commotion, but then became afraid their home might be collapsing.
“It felt like it was falling. I mean, it was very violent,” he said.
GOOD SAMARITANS TO THE RESCUE
The Hamricks weren’t the only Good Samaritans to rush to the crash site to help.
Evan Sherlock told KDVR he was driving when he saw a plane flying extremely low before disappearing in his rearview mirror.
He quickly turned around and found the wreckage of the plane scattered in the front yard of a house.
“I couldn’t believe that’s what I just saw. I was hoping you were doing something else,” Sherlock said.
“I could see smoke coming out of it and at first it looked like a crop duster to me. And then I thought, there’s no way – why would you be spraying crops in Arvada?”
I couldn’t believe that’s what I just saw. I hoped you were doing something else.
Evan Sherlock
“But obviously something was wrong mechanically with the plane, and it was too low for him to do anything safe.”
Emergency crews were able to extinguish the fire shortly after arriving at the scene, but local reporters said the flames reignited several hours later.
Hamrick said he and his wife still can’t believe what happened, but are grateful that the plane’s passengers are safe now.
“My wife and I even talked about maybe going over there and seeing how they’re doing in person tomorrow,” he said.
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