A small plane crash was caught on CCTV in Pembroke Pines, Florida, as a Cessna T337G struck a tree and crash-landed in a residential neighbourhood, just a mile short of North Perry Airport, authorities said.Footage from a camera installed outside a house captured the aircraft hitting a tree and bursting into flames. Moments later, neighbours rushed to the scene in a desperate attempt to rescue the four people onboard.

“You could hear it decelerating, and then it just smacked the tree,” local resident Eddie Crispin told WSVN. “The neighbour across the street had a fire extinguisher, another had a hose, and someone even arrived with an axe to break the window.

We pulled them out one by one.”According to Fox News Digital, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a statement that the plane was on approach to the airport when it crashed. The wreckage has now been moved to a secure facility in Jacksonville for further examination.There is no official word yet on the condition of the passengers, but the swift action by locals is being widely praised.