Two people were killed and 1ﷺ8 injured when a small plane crashed through the rooftop of a commercial building in Southern California on Thursday, police said.
Police got a report at 2.09 pm on Thursday about the crash in the Orange County city of Fullerton. Firefighters and police arrived on the scene, battled a blaze that broke out, and evacuated surrounding 🎉businesses.
Two people were killed and 1ﷺ8 injured when a small plane crashed through the rooftop of a commercial building in Southern California on Thursday, police said.
Police got a report at 2.09 pm on Thursda🍌y about the crash in the Orange County c🐷ity of Fullerton, said Kristy Wells, a Fullerton police spokesperson.
Firefighters and police arrived on scenꩲe and battled a blaze that 💟broke out, and evacuated surrounding businesses, Wells said.
The fire damaged the warehouse, which appeared to contain sewing mach🙈ines and textile sto🍒ck. The building was occupied by Michael Nicholas Designs, a furniture upholstery manufacturer, according to a sign on a door.
Ten people were taken to the hospital, while eight were treated and released at the scene, police said. There were two confirmed deaꦑths, according to Wells.
It was not immediately known what type of p༺lane it was or whether ♌those injured were in the aircraft or on the ground, Wells said.
The flight-tracking website FlightAware shows a four-seat, single-engine aircraft crashed ab♔out a minuꦚte after takeoff.
Security camera footage from Rucci Forge, a wheel manufacturer across th𓄧e street, shows a fiery explosion and a large plume of black smoke as the plane appeared to dive into the building tilted on its side.
The plane crashed near the Fulle♛rton Municipal Airport, a general aviation airport in Orange County that is about 10 km from Disneyland. It has one runway and one heliport. Metrolink, a regional train line, is nearby, and flanks a residential neighbourhood and commercial warehouse buildings.
Another four-seat plane cra🏅shed into a tree a half-mile from the airport last November while making an emergency landing right after it had taken off, the Orange County Register reported. Both people o꧃n board suffered moderate injuries.
Fꦦullerton is a city of about 140,000 people some 40 km southeast of Los Angeles.&n♑bsp;