Two people were killed and eight others were injured after a Cessna 550 airplane crashed into a San Diego military neighborhood on Thursday morning.
According to Fox News, a Cessna 550 airplane crashed into the Murphy Canyon neighborhood at roughly 3:45 a.m. on Thursday. The outlet noted that initial reporting indicated that the Cessna 550 hit a pole, which resulted in the airplane losing a wing and crashing into a home.
Fox News cited local officials who said the airplane crash caused major house and car fires in the military neighborhood, resulting in damage to 15 homes and forcing roughly 100 residents to be displaced in what Naval Base San Diego Capt. Bob Healy described as “one of the largest military housing areas in the world.”
A video shared by Collin Rugg, co-owner of Trending Politics, shows the aftermath of the damage caused by the fires that were ignited following Thursday’s airplane crash.
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Assistant Chief Dan Eddy confirmed that Thursday’s crash left multiple people dead, telling reporters, “We do believe we have multiple fatalities, but we’re going to have to go through and take our time and ensure that’s exactly what we have.”
Fox News reported that while the Cessna 550 airplane was able to transport eight to 10 people at a time, officials have not yet confirmed how many individuals were on board the airplane at the time of the crash. According to Rugg, the Cessna 550 airplane crashed while traveling from Wichita, Kansas, to San Diego’s Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport.
Thursday’s airplane crash in San Diego is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board, according to Fox News.
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During a press conference on Thursday, Eddy told reporters that there was “jet fuel all over the place.” The fire department assistant chief explained that the airplane crash caused a “direct hit to multiple homes” and confirmed that the crash and fires left a “gigantic debris field” in the neighborhood.
“When [the plane] hit the street, as the jet fuel went down, it took out every single car,” Eddy told reporters. “Every single car was burning on both sides of the street.”
Pictures shared on X, formerly Twitter, show firefighters responding to the fires ignited by the airplane crash as well as the devastation inflicted on the military community.
