Plane crashes in Southern California; all aboard safe, but brush fire is ignited

A plane crashed Sunday in Lancaster with all those aboard reported safe, but the incident touched off a brush fire that burned about five acres in the minutes after the crash, a Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher reported.

Those who escaped the plane would be checked at the scene as a precaution, the department said.

The plane was reported down around 11:45 a.m. at North 70th Street West, between West Avenue K and Avenue L. The fire was at five acres by shortly after 12 p.m.

Officials from the General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster could not confirm if the plane took off from their location.

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City News Service contributed to this report