GEARHART, Ore. -- A plane crashed into a beach house in Gearhart on Monday, killing five people.

The bodies of three children, who were among six people from a vacationing family inside the home at the time of the crash, have been pulled from the wreckage, city officials said.

The pilot, Jason Ketcheson, and passenger, Frank Toohey, also died after their single-engine Cessna crashed, according to city manager Dennis McNally.

Officials said the plane hit a tree and slammed into the home at 6:37 a.m. An explosion followed about 20 seconds later, McNally said.

The first 911 call came in at 6:46 a.m., but the caller didn't know the location of the crash. A little more than 30 seconds later, a second call came in with the crash location and an alarm was sounded less than two minutes later, McNally said.

One of the children in the house survived by jumping out of a second story window, McNally said.

Two of the children who died -- Grace Masoudi, 8, and Hesam Farrar Masoudi, 12 -- were visiting from Denver with their parents. The third child who died, Julia Reimann, 10, was from Beaverton.

Two other adults who had been staying in the home had left for a walk and came back to find the house on fire.

Firefighters from several agencies found the home fully involved in flames when they arrived and the blaze immediately went to three alarms.

Crews were able to rescue a woman and two children from the home. Ruth Jackson-Reimann, 47, Christopher Reimann, 13, and Sarah Reimann, 11, were all taken to hospitals in Portland, McNally said. Life Flight officials said they sent multiple aircraft to the crash scene.

McNally said the family was in town for a family reunion.

Gearhart, a town of about 1,100 people, is 80 miles northwest of Portland. It has a mix of permanent and seasonal residents.

The house is located in the 300 block of North Marion Street, just a block away from the Pacific Ocean shoreline. A neighboring house, which was vacant, was also destroyed by the crash and fire.

The Seaside Municipal Airport is a little more than a mile away from the crash scene.

Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating.

Tourist magazine editor Rebecca Herren lives about a block and a half from the crash site and said she was in bed between 6:30 a.m. and 7 a.m.

"I heard the plane above and thought, 'Gosh, it's awfully low and awfully early, for one thing,' " she said.

The explosion shook her house and was followed by two smaller explosions, she said. The city said homes were rocked for up to a half mile away.

Part of a golf course separates her house from the crash site, Herren said, and on a clear day she would be able to see it.

"Because it was so foggy, I couldn't see any smoke plumes," she said. "Then I heard the sirens start."

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