Plane crashes into multiple homes in San Diego, sparking fires, 'giant debris field'
A neighborhood in the Murphy Canyon area was evacuated as firefighters battled the flames and tended to casualties. It wasn't known how many people were on the plane.
The crash left a 'gigantic debris field,' San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Assistant Chief Dan Eddy said during a press conference. Eddy said the neighborhood was military housing.
Eddy said that so far, nobody had been transported to a hospital and it was unclear if there were any injuries among residents.
Eddy said crews were searching for the pilot and anyone else who may have been aboard the aircraft.
The FAA said the Cessna 550 was en route to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport when the crash happened around 3:45 a.m.
As of 6 a.m., no victims had been transported from the scene, according to CBS8.
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