A woman who lives nearby says she saw a 'huge plume of smoke' near Pebmarsh village in Essex.
A light aircraft has crashed in Essex.The plane was believed to have crashed near the Grade II listed Stanley Hall building in Pebmarsh Road. The aircraft subsequently caught alight and the blaze was extinguished by firefighters.
A woman who lived nearby said the pilot was travelling south west when the engine noise suddenly went "silent" before a large plume of smoke appeared.An Essex Police spokesperson said: "We are on the scene of an incident involving a light aircraft in a field off Pebmarsh Road, Halstead."A woman who lived in Pebmarsh, who wanted to remain anonymous, said she waved to the plane from her back garden.
"And the next minute there was silence and a huge plume of smoke," said the woman, who immediately dialled 999.Emergency services were unable to give any further details about who was on board.A woman who lived in Pebmarsh said she saw the plane but "the next minute there was silence"
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