F-16 Crashes Near My Old Stomping Grounds

From Madison.com: A pilot from the Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard escaped serious injury while ejecting from an F-16 fighter jet over Adams County around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, officials said.
Norma Pourchot, 79, said the jet came within a few feet of the roof of her house in the town of New Chester before slamming into a vacant vacation home about a block away....
The pilot was picked up in Adams County and is being medically evaluated, Lt. Col. Jackie Guthrie, a spokeswoman for the Wisconsin National Guard, said in a press release.
The aircraft is in the town of New Chester and emergency responders are on the scene, Guthrie said. http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_60ba9342-913c-11e0-b91f-001cc4c002e0.html
The crash happened a few miles away from where I used to teach in the School District of Westfield. I've driven by that scene many times as some of my students lived in the area.
The area is mostly wooded, with some family farms along the way. The story said it hit a summer home, which sounds about right, as there are many people from Illinois who come up to Adams County during the summer to enjoy the cooler weather, less humidity and the beautiful woods that mostly inhabit the area.
New Chester is just a town, with no downtown or main street and most of it's residents are either retired or farmers. The fire department probably consists of an engine and a tanker or two.
This fire call probably stressed the area fire departments as they are all volunteer and their equipment, while good for the area, probably wasn't what you wanted for a jet fighter crash. The nearest heavy rescue truck may have been in Westfield or Adams-Friendship. I'm sure they called out all the fire departments in the area, including New Chester, Town of Springfield, Westfield, Town of Westfield, Harrisville, Adams, Oxford and maybe a couple more.
The pilot must have developed problems at high altitude because there are no air bases near the crash site. When I was teaching at Westfield, we would hear and see the fighters but always high in the sky. So, what ever happened to the plane, it probably happened at high altitude. The pilot ejected out and could have landed in a tree or in a farm field.
I'm glad no one got hurt and only a summer home was destroyed. It could have been a lot worse if the fighter landed in Westfield.