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Plane crashes into retirement village parking lot & bursts into flames with emergency services rushing to the scene

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A PLANE has crashed into a retirement village parking lot and burst into ferocious flames – with multiple casualties reported.

Emergency services rushed to the residential neighborhood in Manheim, Pennsylvania, and were met with black smoke filling the skies.

Plane crash in Manheim, PA neighborhood.

The wreckage burned away in the parking lotCredit: x/@nicksortor
Plane crash in Manheim, PA.  Smoke and fire visible.

A huge cloud of black smoke filled the skyCredit: x/@nicksortor
Plane crash in Manheim, PA.  Burning wreckage in parking lot.

The plane narrowly missed smashing into buildingsCredit: x/@nicksortor

The light aircraft came down in the parking lot of Brethren Village Retirement Home.

It avoided smashing into buildings by mere meters, and looks to have landed on top of cars.

Multiple people have been reported injured with medics and ambulances on the scene.

Footage posted to social media shows a wreckage burning fiercely in a car park.

The plane’s tail appears to be propped up on a car.

Huge jets of water are aimed at the blaze, with sections of the metalwork disintegrating.

Manheim is just south of Lancaster, south-east Pennsylvania.

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