A small plane crashed into a Simi Valley neighborhood on Saturday afternoon, causing two people and a dog to kill two people and hurt two homes on the plane, authorities said.
Firefighters responded, police were close to the streets and warned people to avoid the area. You can see smoke swirling from the roof of one home in the Wood Ranch section of a community near the northwest of Los Angeles.
The wreckage could be seen between the two houses. The Ventura County Fire Department confirmed that residents were inside at the time, but said they had evacuated without reported injuries. Both homes maintained structural damage and were affected by the fire, authorities said.
Approximately 40 firefighters were on the scene. Once the flames came out, they began working on rescue.
Authorities initially reported the death of one person. Later Saturday, the Simi Valley Police Department said the plane’s pilot, passengers and dogs had been killed.
As of Sunday, authorities had not released information about residents of the RV-10, a single-engine van, a popular homemade plane sold in kit format. They also did not say what caused the crash.
In January, another van’s RV-10 crashed into a warehouse in Fullerton southeast of Los Angeles, attempting to make an emergency landing, killing the pilot and his teenage daughter, and injuring 19 people inside the building. According to a preliminary report issued by the NTSB, the plane appeared to have Ajar holding the door while it was flying.
It could be a few weeks before NTSB releases its preliminary findings for Simi Valley Crash. The final report will come in a few months.
