Fiery scenes as light plane slams into US home

Fiery scenes as light plane slams into US home

Witnesses have described and recorded a fireball as a light plane slammed into a house in the United States.

Amateur shot video reveals a scene of fiery devastation in Cobb County in Georgia after a plane, reportedly Cessna Citation I crashed into a surburban street.

Pictures from witnesses show flames and debris strewn around Vistawood Drive in Marietta.

ABC News in US reports the aircraft was en route from Fulton County Airport and went down east of the Cobb County International Airport at about 7:20pm local time.

The US Federal Aviation Administration said it had little information shortly after the incident.

The crash set fire to a house but it is currently not known if anyone had died.

The number of people on board the aircraft is also unknown.