2 Killed and 18 Injured After Plane Crashes into Warehouse
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 1.2.24 | 2:09 PM
LOCATION: 2330 W Raymer Avenue
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FULLERTON (CNS) – A small plane crashed through the roof of a commercial building just east of Fullerton Airport Thursday, sparking a fire in the structure and leaving two people dead and another 18 injured.
The crash occurred shortly after 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the 2300 block of Raymer Avenue, according to the Fullerton Police Department, which responded to the scene with Fullerton and Orange County Fire Authority crews and worked to evacuate the building.
Reports from the scene indicated the building is a furniture warehouse. Video from the scene showed a gaping hole in the building’s roof where the plane struck it.
Fire crews and paramedics assembled nearby to treat potential victims.
Eighteen people were injured with 10 taken to area hospitals and the rest treated on scene, said Kristy Wells of the Fullerton Police Department. The injuries were not considered life-threatening.
It was not clear if the fatalities included the plane’s pilot, Wells said.
It was unclear if any more people were in the building, but it appears everyone was able to get out, Wells said.
A Fullerton Police Department lieutenant told NBC4 at the scene that the airplane, which had taken off from Fullerton Airport and was returning to land at the airfield when it crashed, was a homemade four-seater. It was unclear how many people were aboard.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported that it was a single- engine Van’s Aircraft RV-10 that crashed. The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash with the FAA.
In November, a single-engine plane crashed in the 2400 block of Artesia Avenue, also just east of Fullerton Airport, leaving the two people aboard with moderate injuries. That plane also crashed while trying to land at the airport.
HANDLING AGENCIES: Fullerton FD
SOT(s): Truck Diver Alfred who evacuated the building after dropping off a load
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