Over a Dozen Houses Ignite After Small Plane Crashes In San Diego Neighborhood: 'Jet Fuel All Over'

Over a dozen houses and multiple vehicles were set ablaze on Thursday in San Diego after a small plane crashed into a neighborhood. No injuries were immediately reported.

Several blocks had to be evacuated, with authorities describing the area as "a gigantic debris field." The plane, a Cessna 550, can carry six to eight people.

Assistant Fire Department Chief Dan Eddy said in a press conference that "we have jet fuel all over the place" and that authorities' main goal is "to search all these homes and get everybody out right now."

Eddy added that the crash took place in foggy whether close to the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport: "You could barely see in front of you," Eddy said.

There have been several clashes of the kind so far this year. In late March, a plane crashed in Minnesota, killing all people aboard. The plane had left Des Moines International Airport in Iowa and was headed to Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis when it crashed in Brooklyn Park.

In late January a medical jet with six people aboard, including a pediatric patient, crashed in Philadelphia moments after takeoff, exploding into a fireball that engulfed nearby vehicles and homes.

Moreover, on February 8, 10 people died after a plane suddenly disappeared from radar over Alaska's Norton Sound. The wreckage was found about 34 miles southeast of Nome with three bodies inside.

A week later two people who were onboard a single-engine aircraft died night after their plane crashed into the woods. The police department said the plane left Covington Municipal Airport at around 11:00 pm and came down shortly after at 11:21 p.m.

And on February 19 two people died following a mid-air collision involving two planes at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona.