Plane Crashes In California Neighborhood, At Least 2 Dead
According to authorities, a small plane crashed into a California neighborhood Monday and killed at least two people and burned two homes in the neighborhood.
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Deputy Fire Chief Justin Matsushita stated two people died at the scene and two are hospitalized in unknown condition. Two homes and multiple vehicles, including a box truck, were destroyed by the fire.
“Not to be too graphic but it’s a pretty brutal scene,” Matsushita shared.
TV news footage shows the fire extinguished and two houses and the truck still covered by flames.
Jim Slaff explained to NBC 7 in San Diego that neighbors pulled his mother out of a window of her burning home and still managed to rescue his stepfather from the backyard. Unfortunately It appears their dog passed away during the fire.
Slaff shared neighbors told him the couple was “obviously shaken up but doing OK” and taken to UC San Diego Medical Center. “It’s a war zone. It’s not even a house,” Slaff said after appearing at the scene.
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The plane was a twin-engine Cessna C340, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It wasn’t immediately reported where the flight was leaving from or was headed, or how many people were actually on the plane.
The crash took place about three blocks from Santana High School in the city with about 50,000 residents. The school said on Twitter that “all students are secure.”