DENVER — Four people were killed in the Boulder County plane crash that sparked a wildfire Sunday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Cessna P337 went down under unknown circumstances in Boulder, the FAA said in a report on the agency’s website. The aircraft was listed as “destroyed,” with one member of the flight crew and three passengers killed.
The victims’ identities have not yet been publicly released.
The plane, built in 1972, was registered to Broomfield-based VX Aviation LLC, according to FAA records. The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, though, shows that the company, established in 2015, has a Palisade mailing address.
Boulder County sheriff’s deputies initially confirmed that only one person was killed in the crash.
According to Carrie Haverfield, a spokesperson for the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, the plane was too hot for investigators to access on Sunday.
Haverfield said that a team of investigators will be on the scene Monday afternoon and she expects more information to be made available soon.
The crash sparked a small wildfire that burned about a half acre before firefighters managed to get it under control.
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