Eleven people were injured when a small plane collided into the rooftop of a commercial building in southern California on Thursday, police said.
Police received a report at 2.09pm about the crash in the Orange county city of Fullerton, said Kristy Wells, a Fullerton police spokesperson.
Police and fire authorities arrived on scene and battled a subsequent blaze and evacuated surrounding businesses, Wells said.
It was not immediately known what type of plane it was or whether those injured were in the aircraft or on the ground, Wells said.
The crash occurred in a building near the Fullerton municipal airport, KTLA5 reported
The Orange County Registrar reported that the pilot had radioed into the Federal Aviation Administration tower at the airfield about 90 seconds after takeoff, saying the plane would need to make an emergency landing.
Fullerton is a city of about 140,000 people 25 miles (40km) south-east of Los Angeles.
