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Video: Plane crash ignites wild fire in US

Los Angeles - There were 160 people fighting the fire.

By IANS

Published: Tue 4 Sep 2018, 6:49 AM

Last updated: Tue 4 Sep 2018, 8:52 AM

A wild fire ignited by a plane crash burned 80 acres (0.32 square km) on Mountain Rose, a popular recreation place located in northern US state of Nevada.
According to inter-state incident information system InciWeb, till Monday morning, the wild fire, dubbed "Slide Fire", had spread to 80 acres with 10 per cent contained after a small airplane or engine-driven recreational aircraft crashed on Sunday on the extremely rough steep mountain, Xinhua reported.

WATCH: Helicopters were called in to help battle a wildfire caused by a plane crash on 'slide mountain' near Reno, Nevada. pic.twitter.com/RRSDwDbq8C
- ABC World News Now (@abcWNN) September 3, 2018

There were 160 people fighting the fire. Firefighters were helped by four helicopters, two scoopers, four air tankers and two single engine tankers.
Video posted online Monday showed that air tankers filled up with water from the Lake Tahoe nearby responded to the fire which was first reported around 2.15pm on Sunday.

InciWeb said no structures were threatened.
A family hiking in the Slide Mountain area Sunday afternoon told local KOLO 8 news channel that they heard an explosion, saw a glider spiraling to the ground and then heard another explosion.

Today a plane crashed on Slide mountain in Nevada! pic.twitter.com/3rKauMGnm1
- Red Dot Studios (@red_dot_studios) September 3, 2018

Fire officials said an aircraft crash caused the fire but did not said what kind of aircraft since search and rescue crews are not able to reach the scene before the wild fire is full contained.