MARSEILLE, June  17, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Three people were killed on Saturday 

when their light aircraft crashed in a hilly region in the south of France, the 
regional prosecutor said.

 An investigation has been opened to determine the cause of the crash close 
to the village of Gonfaron in the Var department of southern France, regional 
prosecutor Patrice Camberou told AFP.

 Local firefighters said earlier they had been called out for an aircraft 
accident which had caused a fire in the surrounding vegetation that was quickly 
extinguished.