February 27, 2017

Firefighters put out flames after a plane crashed into homes Monday in Riverside, Calif.

Watchara Phomicinda/The Press-Enterprise via AP

A small plane carrying a family to Northern California after a weekend at a cheerleading event at Disneyland crashed into homes Monday in Riverside, igniting a large fire and killing at least three people.

Riverside Fire Chief Michael Moore said a husband, wife, and three teenagers, were inside the 310 Cessna when crashed shortly after take off, according to the Associated Press. The fire department did not immediately respond to a BuzzFeed News request for additional information.

Authorities originally said at a press conference that four people were killed, but later lowered the toll saying two women had survived the plane crash.

Moore said one of the passengers, a teenage girl, was thrown from the plane when it crashed and survived with only minor injuries. She was taken to the hospital, after telling firefighters what had happened.

Firefighters pulled three bodies from the wreckage and said that there were no injuries from the homes. Two houses were destroyed in the crash and neighboring homes suffered minor damage.

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