A small plane has crashed into a San Diego neighbourhood during foggy weather, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks, authorities say.
“We have jet fuel all over the place,” Assistant Fire Department Chief Dan Eddy said during a news conference.
“Our main goal is to search all these homes and get everybody out right now.”
He said “there is a direct hit to multiple homes” in the Murphy Canyon neighbourhood and described “a gigantic debris field” in a dense, packed neighbourhood where a number of military families live.
It was not known if there were any injuries.
People in the neighbourhood described being awakened by a large boom and seeing an orange glow in the sky.
Eddy said it was very foggy at the time the private plane crashed.
“You could barely see in front of you,” he said.
The Cessna 550 aircraft crashed about 3.45am near the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
“The number of people on board is unknown at this time,” the FAA said in a statement.
The plane can carry six to eight people.
