A plane fell on the streets of Belo Horizonte, Brazil: at least three people died

The plane, a single engine, took off shortly before the airport. Carlos Prates, a terminal for regional flights, and fell around 8:30 in the neighborhood of Caiçara in Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas Gerais (southeast) and one of the largest cities in the world Brasil

"The plane had four occupants and three were saved alive.From the three dead, one was in the plane and the other two are still trying to determine whether they were walking on the street or in vehicles. "said a spokesman for the fire department.

For its part, a helicopter flying over the area said it had seen a parachute deployed a few meters from the scene of the accident that would have, according to the authorities, been used by one of the survivors of the plane SR20 model. Cirrus Design, manufactured in 2007.

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Witnesses said that after the accident, they had heard at least two loud explosions this caused a fire that left the plane and the destruction of two cars as well as a big cloud of black smoke.

Firefighters quickly arrived at the scene of the accident with seven of their vehicles and used a helicopter to speed the transfer of the wounded.