⁍ The roof of the apartment building in the town of Wesel caught fire after the microlight plane crashed into it.

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⁍ Witnesses told local media that the aircraft had collided with a hot-air balloon shortly before the crash.

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– Three people were killed when a microlight aircraft crashed into an apartment building in Germany’s North-Rhine Westphalia state on Saturday, police say. A child was also injured when the roof of the apartment building caught fire after the crash in the town of Wesel, Reuters reports. Witnesses tell local media that the aircraft had collided with a hot-air balloon shortly before the crash.