Small plane hits building near FBI office in Texas

A small plane crashed into a building near an FBI office in Austin, Texas and burst into flames in a massive explosion Thursday that forced people to flee out of the windows, witnesses and officials said.

Two people were taken to hospital and one person was unaccounted for but fire officials said the believed everyone else had been safely evacuated from the building.

"The building shook, it's almost like an earthquake," a witness named Cynthia who was in a neighboring building in the complex told CNN.

Cynthia and her office mates left the building and saw people running towards the building that got hit by the plane.

"People were on the second floor. They couldn't get out. They were hanging out the windows screaming for help."

Fire officials were battling to contain the blaze.

"What they're seeing is heavy fire around the second floor. They've got lots of smoke. Lots of heat. Lots of fire," assistant fire chief Harry Evans, assistant fire chief told reporters.