2 pilots dead after Russian fighter jet crashes into Siberia home

Two pilots were killed when a Russian military jet crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk Sunday.

Local officials confirmed the deaths in what is the second such fatal incident in six days involving a Sukhoi fighter jet.

In a post on Telegram, Irkutsk Gov. Igor Kobzev said the plane crashed into a two-story house in the city.

He published a video showing firefighters clambering over the wreckage and directing jets of water at the still-smoldering rubble.

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