Fire engulfs part of Philadelphia after plane crash

This video was captured in northeast Philadelphia on the evening of Jan. 31 after a small plane reportedly crashed in the city.

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00:00We're still following the breaking news out of Philadelphia, Roosevelt and

00:04Cotman Avenue. The Roosevelt Mall reports of a confirmed plane crash

00:09described as a small plane crash. But there is significant fire here,

00:13impacting multiple structures. And this is something that Philadelphia Fire

00:17Department is on the scene for our partner WPVI in Philadelphia is

00:22tracking this as well. And again, very disruptive situation there in

00:27northeast Philadelphia, about 2 to 3 miles south southwest of the end of

00:31the runway for the northeast Philadelphia Airport, far removed from

00:36Philadelphia International, which is miles farther southwest of the

00:38Delaware County line. This is up in northeast Philly. So looking at

00:42visibility right now, five miles at the surface reported at the airport in

00:45south Philly. But there are areas where the visibility is lower. We have winds

00:49generally 13 MPH in Philadelphia right now. And again, readings well above

00:54freezing here. Even if you travel up thousands of feet up into the sky, a

00:57couple thousand feet up, still about freezing 49 at the surface. Here's the

01:01radar in Philadelphia right now with soaking rain and again, rain

01:04increasing a little bit into Chester County. It's gonna increase in the area

01:08where the firefighters are involved with that effort, traffic control for

01:11police and so forth.