Two people are dead after a plane crashed into an Akron, Ohio, home on Thursday afternoon.

The crash occurred around 3:45 p.m. in a residential neighborhood in the southern part of the city.

Akron Fire said both of the deceased were located inside the aircraft.

No one in the house was injured, but two homes were evacuated.

Akron District Fire Chief Sierjie Lash said all four residents of the house were in it at the time of the crash.

“There were a couple and two children that live there,” Lash said. “They were all four home, and they were able to get out with no injuries, so we’re very fortunate that they are safe.”

Neighbor Christi Gould said she spoke with the family after the crash, and the family told her the father got everyone, including the two children who were napping upstairs, out of the home.

Gould was at home with her children at the time of the crash and said her lights flickered before she heard the plane crash into the home.

“We were sitting there, the power flickered for a few seconds, and then I heard the whining of a plane,” Gould said. “We have the regional airport up the street, and so you can hear these planes all the time, and you just heard a real quick whining of it like it was revving and then all of a sudden, ‘boom,’ explosion. And our house shook, and it scared the crap out of us. And everybody started running outside to see what happened and where it was.”

The home did catch fire, and heavy black smoke was reported in the area. Lash said crews extinguished the fire and prevented it from spreading to other homes.

“We got wind of a possible plane crash, definitely smoke, fire, flames and explosion,” Lash said. “Our fire crews came out, and they put the fire out as a house fire, and they’re currently investigating.”

Authorities are asking residents to avoid the area at this time.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash and have issued the following statement:

The Ohio State Highway Patrol also sent a statement:

This story was originally published by Maya Morita with the Scripps News Group station in Cleveland, Ohio.