A small plane went down in San Diego County, California, with the crash leaving hundreds without power
A small jet has crashed in a residential area in El Cajon, San Diego County, California, with its wreckage catching fire and knocking down power lines in the area. It is unclear yet if there were any casualties.
The incident, which took place at around 7pm local time on Monday, saw a small jet – reportedly a Learjet 35 – going down at the intersection of Pepper Drive and North Mollison Avenue.
Videos from the scene show multiple fire engines responding to the crash in an attempt to put out the blaze, which was raging in close proximity to homes.
The crash caused a blackout in the area, the jet apparently having severed power lines as it fell. San Diego-based energy provider SDGE has confirmed to local media that the incident had affected its customers, leaving about 600 households without power.
BREAKING NEWS – UPDATE: Plane crash in EL CAJON area near Pepper Drive and Second Avenue. @CBS8 viewer Logen Siminoff took this video of the smoke, fire. Power knocked out to area. No word on the fate of the person/people on board 🙏🏻 #eljcajonplanecrash pic.twitter.com/r2pOak9PtN
— Marcella Lee (@MarcellaNews8) December 28, 2021
More video shared to ABC 10News from the scene of Monday night's plane crash in the Bostonia area of El Cajon shows a scene of fire and wreckage spread across the road at Pepper Dr. and N. Mollison Ave.
UPDATES: https://t.co/juFmxfO4yy pic.twitter.com/BHEmoYQBCb
— ABC 10News San Diego (@10News) December 28, 2021
The aftermath of the crash was visible from some distance away, with a pillar of fire and smoke seen billowing from the scene.
Air plane crash in El Cajon. San Diego. On pepper and N Mollisson pic.twitter.com/JQ4f0mYexV
— Assafnajem (@assafnajem) December 28, 2021
It is currently unclear how many passengers were on board the jet, and whether any nearby residents were hurt in the incident.
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