Washington, Feb. 1 -- As the US was recovering from a mid-air collision in Washington DC that left 67 people dead, it was hit Friday evening by another plane crash when a small aircraft crashed in Philadelphia in the nearby state of Pennsylvania setting several homes on fire. It was a medical flight, according to local news reports, carrying six people. CBS News reported that multiple homes are on fire in a neighbourhood new Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue.

Phillyburbs.com, a local news outfit, said witnesses on social media have reported seeing an orange flash near Roosevelt Mall, an outdoor shopping centre off the boulevard, which is what Route 1 is called as it runs through the city before the Bucks County border. Homes surroun...