LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — After a UPS cargo plane crashed in Louisville Tuesday, resident David Spiesberger described what he witnessed.

"I could see the smoke for a long time," Spiesberger said.

He described looking out his window shortly after the crash occurred. Moments later, he began to piece together what had happened.

"I said I guess it must've been an airplane because I wasn't sure what it was at first," Spiesberger said.

Spiesberger's home falls within the area where authorities initially issued a shelter-in-place order spanning five miles from the crash site. Residents were ordered to shut off any air intake systems as a precautionary measure.

Despite the order, Spiesberger said he felt safe enough to step outside.

"I knew it was far enough away and I just kept going out o

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