Plane Crash Kills 4, Sets Fire in Branson
A twin-engine plane crashed in the heart of Branson, killing all four people aboard and setting fire to a building near the main drag of tourist nightclubs, theaters and music halls.
The Piper Seneca crashed into a self-storage complex, about 200 feet from the busy street, near a Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum, a pair of motels and a string of musical theaters bearing the names of such entertainers as Andy Williams and Bobby Vinton.
The plane, with its fuel tanks filled just before takeoff, struck the corner of a building of 32 storage units and quickly caught fire, destroying the building.
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