FORT MORGAN, Colo. — Authorities responded to Fort Morgan Municipal Airport on Sunday morning after two small planes collided in midair, according to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office.

The number of people involved and extent of casualties remain unclear, though at least one person sustained burns, according to Morgan County Sheriff David Martin.

The crash was first reported around 10:40 a.m.

Images from an FAA weather camera show a plume of smoke just north of the airport, which is located about five miles north of the town of Fort Morgan off Highway 52.

Martin said deputies are on scene going through the badly damaged planes, which the sheriff described as “Cessna-type” aircraft.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been contacted an

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