By msnbc.com staff and news services
JAKARTA -- An Indonesia air force plane crashed into a housing complex in the capital Jakarta Thursday and houses were reportedly burning.
Alwi, an official at the East Jakarta Fire Brigade, said the Fokker 27 turboprop aircraft crashed near a street within Halim Perdanakusuma air base.
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Firefighters were dispatched to the site. Media reports quoted witnesses as saying at least eight houses were burning.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Jakarta Police operations bureau chief Agung Budi Maryoto confirmed an aircraft had crashed, according to an English-language report in the Jakarta Post, based on remarks made to kompas.com.??Yes, we have received the information. An aircraft belonging to the Indonesian Air Force ... has just crashed in Halim,? Agung said.
Last month a Russian-made airline crashed into a mountain while flying south of Jakarta, killing 45 people.
The new Sukhoi Superjet-100 hit Mount Salak during a demonstration flight for potential Indonesian airline buyers on May 9.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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