Aircraft Crashes into San Diego Neighborhood, Setting Houses and Autos on Fireplace

A small airplane crashed right into a San Diego neighborhood throughout foggy climate early Thursday, setting about 15 properties on fireplace in addition to automobiles, and forcing evacuations alongside a number of blocks, authorities stated.

“We now have jet gasoline everywhere,” Assistant Fireplace Division Chief Dan Eddy stated throughout a information convention. “Our important aim is to look all these properties and get all people out proper now.”

He stated “there’s a direct hit to a number of properties” within the Murphy Canyon neighborhood and described “a big particles area” in a dense, packed neighborhood the place a variety of army households reside.

It was not recognized if there have been any accidents.

Folks within the neighborhood described being woke up by a big growth and seeing an orange glow within the sky.

Eddy stated it was very foggy on the time the non-public airplane crashed. “You would barely see in entrance of you,” he stated.

The Cessna 550 plane crashed at about 3:45 a.m. close to the Montgomery-Gibbs Government Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration stated.

“The variety of folks on board is unknown presently,” the FAA stated in an announcement.

The airplane can carry six to eight folks.

The FAA stated the Nationwide Transportation Security Board will lead the investigation.

In October 2021, a twin-engine airplane plowed right into a San Diego suburb, killing the pilot and a UPS supply driver on the bottom and burning properties. It was making ready to land on the airport.

High photograph: Authorities work the scene the place a small airplane crashed right into a San Diego neighborhood, setting a number of properties on fireplace and forcing evacuations alongside a number of blocks early Thursday, Could 22, 2025. (AP Picture/Gregory Bull).

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