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A small plane crashed into two homes Tuesday in Sanford, Florida, near Orlando, killing five people -- the pilot, his passenger, and an adult and two children inside the houses.

The two homes hit were reduced to smoking rubble. Only portions of their outside walls, blackened from the explosion and fire, remained standing.

The fatalities include people from both homes -- a mother and her 6-month-old son in one home and a 4-year-old girl in the other, said Cleo Cohen, Sanford police spokeswoman. Read full article »

CNN's Rich Phillips, Cristy Lenz and Mike Ahlers contributed to this report.

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