ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – An engine fire caused a small plane to make an emergency landing at the Northeast Regional Airport in St. Augustine Monday evening.
The airport is just off of U.S. 1, about a mile north of the Lewis Speedway.
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The St. Johns County Fire Rescue was called to the airport at about 8:15 p.m. in reference to an engine fire.
There was smoke coming from the engine of this small plane after the pilot had to make an emergency landing.
Firefighters were able to quickly extinguished a fire on a single-engine Piper aircraft.
The people on board the plane were able to escape without injury, according to the SJCFR.
The cause of the fire, which reportedly started in the plane's engine, is under investigation.