small helicopter crashes in Minnesota neighborhood

small helicopter crashes in Minnesota neighborhood
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MAPLEWOOD, MINN. – A helicopter contracted for mosquito control
spraying crashed in a suburban neighborhood just east of St. Paul.

Police say the small helicopter crashed in the backyard of a home in
Maplewood, igniting the chopper and a detached garage. Maplewood Lt.
Kerry Crotty says no one was in the house or garage when the
helicopter went down shortly after 8 a.m. Police declined to say if
anyone was hurt.

Donna Basler lives four houses from the crash site and says she heard
a "big rattling type noise" but didn't know what it was. Basler says
she didn't hear a crash, but saw smoke billowing from the neighbor's
garage.

Metropolitan Mosquito Control District spokeswoman Jill Sederholm says
the plane was under contract to spray for mosquitoes in Maplewood.