A small medical jet carrying six people crashed in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Friday evening, officials said, causing an explosion and setting several homes ablaze.

The Learjet 55 crashed near the Roosevelt Mall in northeast Philadelphia around 6:30 p.m. after departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, according to authorities. "Many people on the ground – in parking lots,

Two people were aboard the plane and there are reports of others injured on the ground, police said. Fire officials in Philadelphia said multiple homes are on fire following the c