A small plane boarded a pilot and four skydivers caught fire in the sky over Gilbert and Chandler and then crashed into a Gilbert home. All passengers and the two occupants of the home have survived, fire officials said.

According to the fire officials, the people in the plane were all able to get out before the aircraft crashed on to a house.

The AZCentral reported, the Gilbert fire Capt. Gary Hildebrandt bailed out of the plane and landed safely. Hildebrandt said that, the pilot jumped later and landed in a field about half a mile from the crash site. He was burned and taken to the hospital. His condition was unknown but his injuries were not life-threatening.

The plane crashed into a home in the 400 block of Baylor Lane near Gilbert and Ray Roads at approximately 7:19 p.m. "The pilot indicated he had a problem," Hildebrandt said.

Jeri Kimbro, who lives in Chandler near Cooper and Ray roads, said that, "My husband and I were on our swing outside watching this plane go around, and all of a sudden we heard this big bang and we saw the plane catch on fire."

"It was on fire pretty bad." "There were pieces of it on fire everywhere. We watched it go down. It was really sad. We're praying for their families," she said. "I just saw the figure of a plane falling," she added.

Another witnessed said that, "I saw a ball of flame straight down," he said. "It's not something you want to see."

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