Plane crashed between Paradise and Neal Road dump

PARADISE — A plane crashed about 11:40 a.m. this morning east of the Neal Road landfill, killing two people and sparking a vegetation fire that burned between 10-15 acres.
Cal Fire Battalion Chief Chris Haile said there's not much left of the plane. He said neither the type of plane nor the sex of the two victims could be immediately be determined from what's left.

The crash happened in Hamlin Canyon, south of Neal Road, about six miles southwest of Paradise

Cal Fire-Butte County says the fire was 100 percent contained before 4 p.m. No homes were threatened.

Neal Road was closed for a time, but it has been reopened.

Eyewitness Bob Smalley said he saw the plane spiraling around and then straight down.

"I was shocked because planes don't do that," Smalley said.

About a minute later, Smalley said smoke began billowing and he called 9-1-1.

The Paradise, Chico or Oroville airports report the plane is not based at their locations.

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