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ROME (AP) – A small private plane carrying six passengers and a crew of two crashed into a vacant two-story office building on the outskirts of Milan on Sunday, and Italian reports said all on board had perished .
The LaPresse news agency initially cited firefighters at the scene, saying the pilot and the five passengers on board had been killed. But later, LaPresse and other media said there were eight people on the flight, including a boy.
Rai state television said the passengers would be French.
Firefighters could not be reached immediately to confirm nationalities or the number of people on the plane.
Firefighters tweeted that no one other than those on board was involved in the crash early in the afternoon near a metro station in San Donato Milanese, a small town near Milan. They said several cars in a nearby parking lot were set on fire, but apparently the vehicles were unoccupied at the time.
A thick column of black smoke rose from the crash site and was visible for miles.
Firefighters were extinguishing the flames of the now charred building, which is said to be undergoing renovations.
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