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2 killed in small plane crash in S. California

Xinhua | Updated: 2019-02-04 09:31

A man puts out fire on a piece of debris from a plane that crashed into a house in a residential neighborhood in California, US, February 3, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]

LOS ANGELES, Feb 3 — Two people were killed and two others were hospitalized on Sunday after a small plane crashed in Orange County in Southern California, authorities said.

According to the Orange County Fire Authority, the small plane crashed into a single family house in a neighborhood of the city of Yorba Linda.

The small plane is a Cessna 414A which had just departed the Fullerton Municipal Airport when the incident happened under unknown circumstances, igniting a massive blaze that involved multiple homes, local news outlet KTLA TV station reported.

But Orange County Fire Authority clarified that only one structure was involved in the incident.

A video from the scene showed at least one structure was on fire and debris of the small plane burning on the street.

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