Small plane crashes into Ventura County structure, reports of fire spreading

Crews are on the scene after a small plane crashed into a Ventura County neighborhood on Saturday afternoon.

At around 1:51 p.m., the live incident alert app PulsePoint showed units were responding to calls that a plane had crashed into at least one structure with smoke showing in the 200 block of High Meadow Street in the Wood Ranch community of Simi Valley.

The Simi Valley Police Department issued an alert at 2:40 p.m., telling the public that a plane crash near High Meadow Street has closed the road, warning residents to avoid the area.

“A small plane crash occurred near the 200 block of High Meadow Street,” read the alert. “The road is currently closed, and traffic is being detoured. Please expect delays in the area for the next several hours. Updates will be provided as available.”

According to the stringer service RMG News, unconfirmed reports say that the crash caused a fire that began spreading to multiple nearby homes, and that there were possible fatalities.

“Like 25 minutes ago, I saw this plane flying very low and erratically,” a resident of the area said in an interview with RMG News shortly after the crash. “I saw it flying for another two minutes before I heard the crash and saw the smoke.”

Other residents told RMG that all occupants of the affected homes made it out safely, but that one person in the aircraft was pronounced dead at the scene.

Details are limited, but no injuries or fatalities were reported or confirmed by officials as of 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

“The plane was wobbling and it just barely made it over the hill,” the resident explained. “That’s about all I saw.”

KTLA crews are en route to the scene.

This is a developing story, updates will be provided as more information becomes available.