Emergency crews responded Thursday afternoon after reports of a plane crash near a residential neighborhood in Akron

Fire officials say two people were found dead in a plane after it crashed into a house in Ohio and exploded into flames.

Emergency crews responded Thursday afternoon after reports of a plane crash near a residential neighborhood in Akron

A Piper PA-28 aircraft crashed after it departed from a municipal airport a few miles east of the Akron home, which caught fire.

In a statement shared on Facebook, the Akron Fire Department said a small aircraft crashed into a home on May 14, southwest of Akron Fulton Airport.

Investigators are looking into what caused a small plane crash to crash into a house in northeast Ohio Thursday and explode into flames, killing both people aboard.