Witnesses recounted the details of an airplane crash that occurred in the vicinity of a shopping mall in Philadelphia on Friday night.

A small plane carrying at least two people crashed, resulting in multiple casualties on the ground, federal officials and local media reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the crash took place around 6:30 p.m. (0030 GMT). Local media reported it was near the Roosevelt Mall in northeast Philadelphia.

At least one house and multiple cars were on fire, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The weather was cold and rainy with low visibility at the time of the crash.

The crash follows this week's collision of an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, D.C., which killed 67 in the deadliest airplane crash in the U.S. since 2009.

On Friday a Learjet 55 crashed "after departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. Two people were on board," the FAA said in a written statement, adding that the plane was headed to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote on social media that "there were reportedly 6 people on board."

(Production: Andrea Rodriguez)