Small plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood, setting home and vehicles on fire

SAN DIEGO AP A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood during foggy weather early Thursday setting about homes on fire as well as vehicles and forcing evacuations along several blocks functionaries announced We have jet fuel all over the place Assistant Fire Department Chief Dan Eddy noted during a news conference Our main goal is to search all these homes and get everybody out right now He reported there is a direct hit to multiple homes in the Murphy Canyon neighborhood and described a gigantic debris field in a dense packed neighborhood It was not known if there were any injuries Eddy declared it was very foggy at the time the private plane crashed You could barely see in front of you he revealed The Cessna aircraft crashed at about a m near the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport the Federal Aviation Administration commented The number of people on board is unknown at this time the FAA declared in a report The plane can carry six to eight people The FAA declared the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the assessment In October a twin-engine plane plowed into a San Diego suburb killing the pilot and a UPS delivery driver on the ground and burning homes It was preparing to land at at the airport