Plane smashes into San Diego neighborhood, killing multiple people and setting 15 homes ablaze as residents slept

Multiple people have been killed in San Diego after a small plane crashed into more than a dozen houses in foggy conditions as residents slept early Thursday, sparking huge fires and a major evacuation of an area that is home to military families.

The Cessna 550 made a “direct hit to multiple homes” and vehicles just before 4 a.m. local time, leaving a “gigantic debris field” in the Tierrasanta neighborhood of San Diego, Assistant Fire Department Chief Dan Eddy said during a news conference.

“We have jet fuel all over the place,” Eddy said, confirming that at least 15 homes had been set ablaze in the crash.