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Light plane crash sparks fire at Logan, south of Brisbane

Latest update from ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) on MSN: Two dead after light plane crashes and sparks fire at Logan, south of Brisbane. The light plane crashed south of Brisbane. ( ABC News ) Two people have died after a light plane crashed and sparked a grass fire at Logan, south of Brisbane. Emergency services were called to a property at Musch Road at Stockleigh shortly after 11am today. The Beech A36 Bonanza aircraft took off from Archerfield Airport less than 10 minutes earlier. The crash sparked a grass fire, which took eight crews about an hour to contain. Logan district officer Chief Superintendent Mel Adams said the scene was "confronting". "Our care at the moment is to our emergency service responders and of course the family when we can make contact with them," she said.

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( ABC News: Lucy Loram ) Ms Adams urged any witnesses to contact police immediately. "Anybody that may have witnessed the aircraft hit the ground, it was close to a roadway, please as a matter of priority contact police." In a statement the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said it had commenced an investigation into the incident.

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Latest update from ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) on MSN: Two dead after light plane crashes and sparks fire at Logan, south of Brisbane. The light plane crashed south of Brisbane. ( ABC News ) Two people have died after a light plane crashed and sparked a grass fire at Logan, south of Brisbane. Emergency services were called to a property at Musch Road at Stockleigh shortly after 11am today. The Beech A36 Bonanza aircraft took off from Archerfield Airport less than 10 minutes earlier. The crash sparked a grass fire, which took eight crews about an hour to contain. Logan district officer Chief Superintendent Mel Adams said the scene was "confronting". "Our care at the moment is to our emergency service responders and of course the family when we can make contact with them," she said.
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