Three people died after the fall of a plane in a street of Belo Horizonte | Chronic

At least three people died and three others were injured on Monday when a plane fell on several cars parked on a street in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte.

The aircraft, single-engine, had taken off shortly before the airport Carlos Prates, terminal for regional flights, and was falling around 8:30 in the neighborhood of Belo Horizonte, Caiçara, the capital of the country. State of Minas Gerais (southeast) and larger cities of Brazil.

"The plane had four occupants and three were saved alive.Of the three dead, one was in the plane and the other two are still trying to establish if they were walking in. the street or in vehicles."said a spokesman for the fire department, according to the news agency EFE.

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 model survivors. SR20 aircraft of the Cirrus Design brand, manufactured in 2007..

According to witnesses, after the accident, they heard at least two loud explosions that caused a fire that left the plane and two cars destroyed, as well as a large 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.