A small plane crashed into a warehouse building near Fullerton Municipal Airport in Orange County, California, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others. The crash occurred Thursday afternoon, sending black smoke billowing from the building. The plane, identified as a home-built Van's Aircraft RV-10, appeared to be returning to the airport after takeoff. The identities of the victims and the number of people on board the plane were not immediately released.
Smoke could be seen rising from a hole in the roof of a warehouse building near the airport in Orange County .Two people were killed and more than a dozen were injured when a small plane crash ed into the roof of a warehouse building and burned Thursday afternoon near Fullerton Municipal Airport. The plane crash ed at about 2 p.m. in the 2300 block of West Raymer Avenue, just east of the airport, police said.
Black smoke could be seen rising from a hole in the roof of the business, one of several in the area.Two people were killed in the crash, police said. It was not immediately clear whether the victims were on the plane or inside the building. Nine people were hospitalized and six were treated and released at the scene. Details about the hospitalized victims' conditions were not immediately available.'People are just shaken over the situation,' said Mark Anderson.'It was just a large boom, and then one of the people went out and said, 'Oh my gosh, the building's on fire.'' Police identified the plane as a home-built Van's Aircraft RV-10 with seating for four people. The pilot appeared to be returning to the airport after takeoff, police said. It was not clear how many people were onboard the plane.Active Incident: Plane crash in the 2300 block of Raymer Ave. The media staging area is the Southeast corner of Raymer Ave and Gilbert St. Unknown casualties. Evacuations are underway in the 2300 block of Raymer. Avoid the area. PD PIO en route.into a tree on Gilbert Street near Artesia Avenue next to Fullerton Municipal Airport. Two people suffered minor injuries in that crash. The only general aviation airport in Orange County, Fullerton Municipal Airport is near the 5 and 91 freeways, about six miles from Disneyland in Anaheim
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