“Multiple casualties” after a plane crash in the San Diego neighborhood

Several people are thought to have died after a small plane crashed on a residential street in San Diego on Thursday morning.

No residents were seriously injured, but there were “more than one fatality” among the passengers among the passengers, said the assistant, the head of the fire department, Eddie.

Several homes were destroyed and the cars were lit after the private jet crashed into the residential neighborhood of the Murphy canyon in the city. About 100 people have been evacuated from nearby areas, police said.

The small aircraft was the Cessna 550 aircraft, said the Federal Aviation Administration, which could carry eight to 10 people, including the pilot.

Authorities did not reveal the identity of passengers on board.

At a press conference, the Assistant Fire Service, Dan Eddie, said there was “reactive fuel everywhere” and that the main purpose is to look for all homes and to get people home.

He confirmed that he had a “direct hit to multiple homes”. No one in these homes is thought to be seriously injured.

San Diego police said on social media that one man was hospitalized and two had been treated and released. They added that the area is expected to be closed throughout the day.

Stage footage shows that charred cars strewn on the other side of the street.

Local resident Christopher Moore told the Associated Press that he and his wife had been awakened by a strong blow in the early hours of the morning.

Moore said they looked out the window and saw smoke, and the couple grabbed their two young children and escaped.

Once on the street, they saw a car absorbed by flames.

“It was definitely horrifying for sure, but sometimes you just have to give up your head and get to safety,” said G -n Moore.

A Marine, who lives near the scene of the crash, told Fox News that he had heard “a strange whistling of a wheezing noise, followed by” Boom and Shake in the House “.

The plane seems to head to the Montgomery field, an airport located 10 km (six miles) north of the center of San Diego.