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Image: Firefighters work on putting out a fire at the Internal Revenue Service building in Austin, Tx

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Austin plane crash

A small plane crashes into a Texas office building injuring at least two.

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Fire burns and smoke billows from the seven-story Echelon Building in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 18.

A man upset with the Internal Revenue Service set fire to his home, got into his small plane and crashed it into the building, which houses federal tax employees, authorities said.

— Trey Jones / Trey Jones
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Crews sift through debris near the crash site at the Echelon Building.

— Rodolfo Gonzalez / Austin American-Statesman
Image: smoke billows from a seven-story building after a plane crashed into it

The building is next to a major highway in north Austin. When the plane struck, fires started on several floors of the building. Dozens of windows were blown out and vehicles traveling on a nearby highway paused to look.

— Alberto Martinez / Austin American-Statesman
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Fire burns and smoke billows from the building.

Peggy Walker, an IRS revenue officer who works in the building, said she was sitting at her desk when the plane crashed.

"It felt like a bomb blew off. The ceiling caved in and windows blew in. We got up and ran," she said.

— Grant Abston / Courtesy Grant Abston
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What appears to be the engine of an airplane sits amid debris on Reasearch Blvd. just outside the Echelon Building.

— Rodolfo Gonzalez / Austin American-Statesman
Image: Scene of small plane crash into building in Austin Texas

Investigators and emergency officials comb the scene after the crash.

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Smoke rises from the building after the crash.

— Jay Janner / Austin-American Statesman
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Two firemen at the home belonging to Joseph Stack, after Stack apparently set it on fire according to two law enforcement officials, Thursday morning on Feb. 18 in Austin, Texas.

— Thao Nguyen / FR159307 AP
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Undated photo of Joseph Stack. Officials identified Stack as the pilot of a small plane that crashed into an Austin, Texas office building containing nearly 200 IRS employees.

— Courtesy Of Pam Parker / AP
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