One jet from the Blue Angles has crashed in South Carolina, Fox news is reporting. A jet fighter flown by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstration team crashed Saturday during an airshow in South Carolina and a number of houses were on fire, according to media reports. Local TV station WSAV reported that at least one plane crashed into a Beaufort, S.C., neighborhood. Several homes were reported to be on fire, according to the station. But there were conflicting reports.
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Fox News is reporting that the pilot was killed in the crash, and that the plane struck power lines.
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Witness Scott Houston told CNN in a telephone interview that he saw six Blue Angels jets flying low behind a grove of trees at the end of an airshow in Beaufort, S.C., and only five emerged. A cloud of smoke was seen rising from the area. A Navy official told NBC News there was an incident at the air show, but did not say if anyone was injured.
The air show began Saturday at 11:45 a.m. The Navy's Blue Angels were scheduled to fly in 66 air shows in 2007, according to CNN.
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