
A small, home-built kit aircraft crashed in California's Simi Valley on Saturday (May 3), killing bothpassengers on boardin the accident. Authorities confirmed the incident has caused damage to two homes in the neighbourhood.
Ventura County Fire Department took to social media to write, "The structures are both two-story, single-family homes that were impacted by fire and sustained structural damage. The fire has been knocked down and firefighters are working on overhaul and salvage operations."
Further adding, "Residents were inside both homes at the time of the incident, and were evacuated with no reported injuries."
Forty firefighters attended to the situation and rushed to the scene. Visuals of a house in High Meadow Street in the Wood Ranch area showed smoke billowing from the rooftop.
The department highlighted, "Firefighters arrived on scene, began an aggressive fire attack and quickly knocked the fire down. Both structures were occupied at the time of the accident, and our Firefighters assisted with evacuating residents. No injuries to residents or firefighters were reported.".
Further investigation will be carried out by the National Transportation Safety Board.