Oakland County Sheriff announced Sunday a small plane crashed into a Michigan house outside Detroit, setting the house on fire and killing three people.
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The three victims are believed to be the pilot and two passengers, the sheriff's office said.
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The family of five, who lives in the house, made it out alive; however the house was engulfed in flames, the office said.
The mother told CNN affiliate WDIV that the family was inside when the incident took place.
She said they were in the living room, arguing over which movie to watch and had just moved into a different room when the plane struck the house, according to WDIV.
WDIV reported that the family’s cat died, noting that if the mother, father and three children stayed in the living room, it would have been a different story.
The house is located in Lyon Township, about 40 miles west of Detroit.
"Today, LTFD responded to a report of a plane versus house crash in the Orchards of Lyon Sub, that ended up being on Dakota Dr. First due units found a small plane crashed into the back of a house and the house was well involved," Lyon Township Fire Department said in a statement.
Eric Mullen, a neighbor, told WDIV that a plane crash has been always his worst fear while living in the neighborhood, as planes are always flying overhead from the airport about half a mile away.
“I've got two siblings who are under 2 years old, and they were upstairs sleeping; they were taking naps ... You worry like could this happen to us, because these plane fly low over here all the time,” another neighbor, Chase Southwick, told WDIV.
The Federal Aviation Administration has been contacted about the crash, according to WDIV.
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