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Talk to us about the challenges that first responders might be having in responding to a scene like this.

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Yes, like you said, the debris field is actually, from what I have been told, over a quarter mile could be even further.

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There's unconfirmed reports as much as a half a mile away, unfortunately found the body parts.

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So this area is so large, but it's so densely populated, it wouldn't shock me if we're hearing about recovery of people or, unfortunately, different things from now until the sun rises.

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How do they contain it?

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How do they contain that amount of fuel from spilling into other areas and possibly igniting?

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That's a good question.

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I know once this happened, once the fire department and the police arrived on scene and had seen how severe it was, there was a couple, they were like gas pipes that must have ruptured.

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So they were pushing everybody back, reporters, civilian, you know, onlookers, they pushed them back very far.

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So they're going to have multiple of our utility agencies there, Philadelphia Water Department, PICO, our electric, and Philadelphia Gas were there in the area shutting things down so it didn't go any further than it was.

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But from what I was told, for people on the scene, they were, you could smell the gas, you could smell the fuel burning within a half a mile of the crash site.

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I mean, you're hearing people who were not near the crash, but where their houses actually shook from it.

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That's the level of intensity.

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And we're showing this ring doorbell footage here.

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Mark, I also wanted to ask you about this.

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As we're trying to understand exactly what this investigation is going to entail, and we're going to try to get to the bottom of it.

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Is it strange that you had a Learjet 55 there taking off, possibly a medevac?

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We're trying to understand that it was going to Missouri.

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There's been reports that it was registered in Mexico.

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Is it strange that you would see that kind of aircraft in the area?

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Not at all.

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So right where the accident happens, it's about two to two and a half, three miles from, which is called Northeast Airport.

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And it's an airport that has private jets of, you know, wealthy people, you know, hobbyists, things like that.

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So that's a very normal airport that's used all the time.

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You'll see vehicle flights coming in and out.

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And the path that it was on was a normal path.

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If you were driving down the boulevard or Cotman Avenue to see an airplane, you know, a few feet or a few hundred feet above your head, landing at the airport was very normal.

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So that's everything that happened as far as the flight taking off and all that, all that's going to be normal.

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It's just the unfortunate end result.

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Right, because this, what we're looking at right now, shouldn't have happened.

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And talk to me about the danger right now that currently exists for civilians.

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I've been seeing reports from the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management telling residents to close their windows.

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Is the danger from the smoke coming into their homes?

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Talk to us about what the people around that neighborhood, what you might be advising them to do.

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Yes, it's definitely going to be from the fuel burning.

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Like I said, there was gas lines, which I'm sure they have off now.

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But the aftermath of all the smoke and, you know, the soot that you're going to smell, you know, for hours on end, like you do any fire, any time.

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And so, yeah, definitely in that area.

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And, again, there's probably each block off the Cotman Avenue, off the top of my head, there's probably like six or seven blocks.

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Those row homes stretch, going north to south, probably 60, 70 houses each way on each side of the road.

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So there's a lot of people in that area right now that'll have to abide by those rules.

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Mark, thanks so much for coming on, you know, giving your insight, your perspective, latest updates on what you're hearing from the ground.

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And I'm wishing you and I'm wishing your brothers and sisters in the field the very best as this continues to develop.

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Mark, excuse me, Mark Facetti, thank you so much for coming on.

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Appreciate it.

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Anytime.

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