A small plane crashed into a residential San Diego neighborhood early Thursday morning.
Around 15 homes were set on fire as a result of the crash and several blocks were evacuated. Assistant Fire Department Chief Dan Eddy said there was a “direct hit to multiple homes” and described the neighborhood as “a gigantic debris field.”
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“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.”
The Cessna 550 aircraft crashed at about 3:45 a.m. 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 has a capacity of six to eight people.
Eddy noted it was very foggy at the time of the crash, “You could barely see in front of you.”
“I just walked it myself, and down the street itself, it looks like something from a movie,” Eddy said.
It is not known if there were any deaths or injuries.
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“The good thing that we have was we have not transported anybody off scene from any of these areas here right now,” Eddy said. “And we’re searching through to make sure that nobody’s in any of those homes.”
The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation, the FAA said.