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| Credit: Clearwater Fire and Rescue |
CLEARWATER, Florida – Three people died following a plane crash into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida.
Around 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 1, 2024, a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35 crashed into Bayside Waters manufactured home park off of U.S. Highway 1 and south of the Clearwater Mall.
We’re on scene of a small plane crash at a mobile home park south of Clearwater Mall. Multiple mobile homes have caught fire. Firefighters from multiple jurisdictions are on scene. pic.twitter.com/1vBLnTnY8R
— Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department (@clearwaterfire) February 2, 2024
Clearwater Fire and Rescue Chief Scott Ehlers said in a news briefing that the plane crash caused four mobile homes to catch fire.
Chief Ehlers updates the media and confirms there are multiple fatalities from the plane crash this evening. pic.twitter.com/ujxzx7Io9g
— Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department (@clearwaterfire) February 2, 2024
The pilot and two people on the ground were killed in the crash, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
View from my apartment next door pic.twitter.com/6CejX1XUIp
— Steven Ascari (@stevenascari) February 2, 2024