A small medical plane crashed in a mountain range outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing all four people aboard and sparking a wildfire in the surrounding forest.

The wreckage was located Thursday morning in steep, rocky terrain that required rescue crews to hike the final half-mile to reach the site. The victims were flight crew and medical personnel; their identities have not been released.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small medical plane crashed in a mountain range outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing all four people aboard and sparking a wildfire in the surrounding forest. Officials say the cause ...

A wildfire sparked by the fatal crash of a small medical plane in New Mexico has triggered evacuations for a rural area north of the Capitan Mountains and closures in the Lincoln National Forest.