Military Training, Luck Saved Lives in Neighborhood After Fiery Plane Crash

Military Community Bands Together After San Diego Plane Crash. ‘I’ll Do Anything for Them.’

The Murphy Canyon area of Tierrasanta, California -- where a small plane crash early Thursday -- has more than 2,300 military family homes, Naval Base Capt. Robert Healy said.

Military community bands together after San Diego plane crash. ‘I’ll do anything for them.’

Esther Hoffman was hanging out in a borrowed minivan in the Navy Exchange parking lot on Santo Road on Thursday morning, just hours after a small plane crashed into her military housing community of Murphy Canyon. The car belonged to a neighbor, but at that moment, it was a haven away from the deadly chaos that unraveled just a street up from her home on Yorktown Drive. If it weren’t for her neighbor, she and her family would likely have had to …

'Orange glow got brighter': Neighbors describe moments after Murphy Canyon plane crash

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Residents recounted their harrowing experience after a plane crashed in a San Diego neighborhood early Thursday morning. Around 3:45 a.m., the Cessna 550 crashed in Murphy Canyon, a community for military families. The crash killed at least three people and injured eight others, according to local authorities. LIVE UPDATES: Six on board plane that crashed in Murphy Canyon Several cars and homes were also burned or…

Military training, luck saved lives in neighborhood after fiery plane crash

When San Diego Fire-Rescue District Chief Dan Eddy drove up to the scene of the plane crash in Murphy Canyon around 4 a.m. Thursday morning and saw a house consumed and multiple vehicles in flames, he expected a worse outcome. Thankfully, while there are at least three fatalities of people on the plane – though only two have been confirmed by authorities – no one in the quiet neighborhood died or was seriously injured despite all houses being oc…

Heroic neighbors spring into action to combat flames after plane crash in Murphy Canyon

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) Neighbors just a block away from Sample Street woke up early Thursday morning to what felt like an earthquake, only to see flames roaring from the street over on Sculpin Street in Murphy Canyon.I pulled the blinds open and all we could see at that point was just, heard the plane coming in, just heard an explosion, Josh Minster said.It was just beaming like, you saw these lights. lt was the yellow light from the fire, Ronald Jone…

‘My house shook': Murphy Canyon resident helps neighbor evacuate after plane crash

A military housing resident was able to help her neighbor evacuate after a small plane, headed to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, crashed into the Murphy Canyon neighborhood Thursday morning. Jasmine told NBC 7 that she heard the crash, which woke her up. She told NBC 7 that she thought it was another earthquake before seeing a burst of flames. “It was...