CNN.com - Plane hits skyscraper in Milan - April 18, 2002
CNNenEspanol.com A small plane has hit a skyscraper in central Milan, setting the top floors of the 30-story building on fire, an Italian journalist told CNN.
The crash by the Piper tourist plane into the 26th floor occurred at 5:50 p.m. (1450 GMT) on Thursday, said journalist Desideria Cavina.
The building houses government offices and is next to the city's central train station.
Several storeys of the building were engulfed in fire, she said.
Italian TV says the crash put a hole in the 25th floor of the Pirelli building, and that smoke is pouring from the opening.
Police and ambulances are at the scene.
Many people were on the streets as they left work for the evening at the time of the crash.
Police were trying to keep people away, and many ambulances were on the scene.
There is no word yet on casualties.
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