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Plane crashes near airport in Melbourne, police say Light plane crashes into Melbourne shopping centre
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A plane has crashed near an airport in the Australian city of Melbourne, police have confirmed. A plane carrying five people has crashed into a building in Melbourne, Australian authorities have said.
"At this stage we do not have information regarding possible casualties. Police currently evacuating area. Please avoid the area," Victoria Police said. "It appears a light plane, which is a charter flight, has impacted the DFO [shopping centre] at Essendon Fields," Victorian Police Minister Lisa Neville told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Local media reported it was a light plane. Victoria Police said: "At this stage we do not have information regarding possible casualties."
"Paramedics are responding [to] an aircraft crash at Essendon Airport," Ambulance Victoria said. "No details about injuries are known at this stage." The crash happened near Melbourne's minor Essendon Airport.
Ms Neville said five people were on board.
"It appears to be a very, very tragic accident that has occurred out there," she said.
Video broadcast on local media showed black smoke rising from the wreckage.
Police said they were evacuating the area and a nearby freeway was closed in both directions.
Essendon Airport is small airfield mostly used by light planes about 13km (8 miles) north-west of central Melbourne.