Small plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood

A small plane crashed into a San Diego military housing neighborhood on Thursday morning, officials confirmed.

Addressing reporters at the site of the crash, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Assistant Chief Dan Eddy said that the small plane struck about 15 homes, causing multiple homes and cars to catch fire.

“I just walked it myself, and down the street itself, it looks like something from a movie,” Eddy said Thursday morning.

Eddy said officials were still looking for the pilot and other “souls on board.” The plane appeared to be a Cessna private jet, he said.

He did not say if anyone was killed or injured in the crash, but suggested there have not been any reported injuries.

“The good thing that we have was we have not transported anybody off scene from any of these areas here right now,” he said. “And we’re searching through to make sure that nobody’s in any of those homes.”

Eddy said that multiple neighborhoods in the area were evacuated, partly because of fuel spills caused by the crash.

“We have jet fuel all over the place,” he said. “We have hazmat on scene right now, and we’ve asked for more resources to come for that.”

He added that the homes affected were military housing.

In a statement on X, the San Diego Police Department urged people to avoid the area and said more information would be shared as it becomes available.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted a local news report about the crash this morning on X. His office did not immediately return a request for comment.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that it did not immediately know the number of passengers onboard.