“It was one of the worst fires you can imagine. Beans are about waist-high, and there wasn’t much sticking out above the beans,” Jones explained to ABC News reporters.
Jones was not the only person to witness this horrific tragedy. Chris Nissen, who actually videotaped footage of the aftereffects, stated that small explosions followed the crash of the plane. “When it crashed, man, that’s all you hear first was all the ammunition blowing up,” Nissen detailed.
State troopers informed the media of the ammunition on the plane, according to reports from WLOX. This may have contributed to the intensity of the explosions.
According to the Marine Corps, the plane came from the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, N.C. They also gave remarks regarding the current status of the crash and lives lost:
