BIDDEFORD, Maine — Authorities say a small plane has crashed into a house in Maine and burst into flames, injuring one person inside the house.

This still image from cell phone video provided by Sheila Gagne Conley shows the wreckage of a small plane atop a house on fire near the Biddeford, Maine, Municipal Airport Sunday evening, April 10, 2011. The Federal Aviation Administration said at least one person in the plane died in the crash.
(AP Photo/Sheila Gagne Conley)

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Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland says the single-engine plane crashed into a house near Biddeford Municipal Airport at around 6:10 p.m. Sunday.

McCausland says one injured person has been pulled from the home. He says it's unknown whether the pilot was injured, and firefighters are trying to determine whether anyone else is inside the house.

There's no immediate word on what caused the crash.

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