Multiple folks died as a helicopter struck a radio tower in Houston on Sunday night time and sparked a big hearth, authorities mentioned.
Police Chief J. Noe Diaz mentioned at a information convention that 4 folks have been on board, together with a toddler, and that there have been a number of deaths when the personal helicopter crashed.
The Houston Fire Department initially reported the crash passed off within the metropolis’s Second Ward neighborhood, the place the helicopter appeared to have struck a radio tower earlier than it sparked the fireplace about 7:54 p.m. native time.
At the information convention, hearth officers mentioned a blaze unfold so far as three blocks earlier than it was stopped. Businesses within the space have been closed on the time.
Diaz mentioned it didn’t seem anybody on the bottom was damage. He described the helicopter as a Robinson R44.
The identities of the folks on board haven’t been launched.
Officials mentioned the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration would examine.