Plane crashes into residential area in Pennsylvania

Emergency crews responded to the site of a plane crash in a residential area in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon.

Online images of the crash, verified by NBC News, show the tail of a plane in a parking lot while the rest of the aircraft is engulfed in flames. Firefighters managed to extinguish the flames, but at least two vehicles were damaged by the blaze.

Officials did not immediately respond to questions about number of injuries. Five people were on board, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The crash happened in the parking area at Brethren Village, a retirement community located less than a mile away from Lancaster Airport.

A search of public records using the tail number showed it was a single engine Beechcraft A36TC model aircraft, manufactured in 1981.