Two people have been killed after a plane crashed in a suburban street

The small plane crashed into a suburban street on Monday afternoon, hitting houses and killing at least two.

AT least two people are dead after a plane crashed into houses near a high school in southern California on Monday afternoon.

Fire Chief John Garlow told The Sun that “a plane crashed into multiple houses and there are multiple victims” in the tragedy near Santana High School in Santee.

The San Diego Sheriff‘s Department has now confirmed at least two deaths from the incident, according to the The Sacramento Bee.

Authorities rushed to the scene where a plane crashed into at least two homes at 12.30pm PT.

Firefighters were on the scene hosing down buildings where the plane crashed after huge plumes of black smoke were seen billowing into the sky.

It is unclear how many people were inside of the aircraft when it crashed or how many people were killed or injured in total.

It is also unclear if anyone was inside of the homes at the time of the crash.

All students were safe, the school confirmed.

A local scanner claimed that the plane crashed into a UPS truck near the high school‘s football field, however, this was quickly debunked.

Breaking News 10/11/2021: At approximately 12:00 pm today, a small twin engine plane crashed into two residential homes in Santee, at the corner of Jeremy Street and Greencastle. A delivery truck and a fire hydrant were also struck. It is unknown at this time how many pic.twitter.com/GG0pxtnq16

— City of Santee (@CityofSantee) October 11, 2021

The scanner added that there were multiple burn victims and that two homes and one outbuilding were involved in the incident.

Reports claimed at least two people were transported to hospital, but this has not yet been confirmed by cops.

Police are now asking Santee residents to avoid the area due to the crash adding that it is a “developing situation.”

They confirmed that cops were at the scene alongside the fire department and “other first responders.”

The plane was traveling to Yuma, Arizona, from Montgomery Field in San Diego, NBC San Diego reports.

It reportedly had some sort of issues and was attempting to land at Gillespie Field near the high school.

Resident Lili Patch told NBC San Diego that it sounded like the plane engine had a “putter.”

“You could hear the engine from a distance,” she said.

“You can see it come down and it just, full-force, crashed,” Patch added.

“It didn‘t spin, nothing. You just heard it and it came down.

“This is like the nightmare everybody worries about.”

Authorities said the investigation will be handled by the National Transportation Safety Board.

This story was originally published by The Sun and has been reproduced with permission.