Business jet crashes into affluent California neighbourhood
A business jet has crashed into a San Diego neighborhood during foggy weather, setting about 15 homes on fire and evacuating properties along several blocks, authorities said.
'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.
It was not known if there were any injuries.
A spokesman for San Diego Fire told CNN that a Cessna 550 airplane, often called a Citation, 'crashed near Montgomery Executive Airport around 3.45am' Thursday (8.45pm AEST).
The private jet is commonly used for business travel and can carry six to eight people.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash.
'The number of people on board is unknown at this time,' the FAA said in a statement.
Eddy said it was very foggy at the time the private plane crashed. 'You could barely see in front of you,' he said.
According to the flight tracking site FlightAware, the Citation took off from Teterboro Airport, just outside of New York City, late Wednesday night.
The plane stopped in Wichita, Kansas for about an hour before flying on to San Diego.
The Citation, according to FAA records, is owned by a company in Alaska and was built in 1985.
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