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LISBON (Xinhua) -- An aircraft crash on Sunday at the Leiria aerodrome Jose Ferrinho in the mid-west of Portugal, caused two people dead and triggered a fire, Portuguese Lusa News Agency reported.

A source from the operative district command relief of Leiria said the warning of the crash was received at 4:48 p.m. local time, according to the report.