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Three people were killed and two others injured when a small plane crashed and burst into flames in a residential area in California, officials said. The plane had just taken off from Riverside Municipal Airport headed for San Jose, California, when it went down about a half-mile northeast of the airport, which is about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. Riverside Fire Chief Michael Moore said the plane, which had five people on board, split apart when it hit the two homes, which reportedly had residents. “This is supposedly a happy time and then just to have a tragic incident like this, and into one of these Riverside residences, it’s really a sad case for us.”

The block was evacuated, sending residents from about 20 homes to a shelter. The plane crashed near Central and Streeter avenues, about a mile from Riverside Airport, at about 4:41 p.m., said Lt. Charles Payne of the Riverside Police Department.
A small plane crashes in a residential area of Riverside, California, killing at least three people, all of whom were passengers on the plane. No one on the ground was injured.