
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."
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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.
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