One dead in small plane crash near Missouri airport

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - A small plane crash killed one person in Chesterfield, Missouri Wednesday, according to local news reports.

FOX2 Now in St. Louis says officers with the Spirit of St. Louis Airport responded to the crash near a gas station Wednesday just after 3 p.m.

An eyewitness told reporters the plane was fully engulfed in flames, but firefighters quickly put out the fire.