"Thankfully, despite the crash occurring in a residential area, no lives have been lost among the local population," Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyt said after meeting with rescue officials.
"Residential infrastructure around the house was on fire, and the house was slightly damaged, but we managed to evacuate people," said Renatas Pola, chief of the Fire and Rescue Department.
One eyewitness, who gave her name only as Svaja, ran to a window when a light as bright as a red sun filled her room, and then heard an explosion followed by flashes and black smoke.
A surveillance video from a nearby company showed the plane descending normally as it approached the airport, and then exploding into a huge ball of fire behind a building.
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