PUBLISHED : 3 Jan 2025 at 11: 30
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A small plane crashes into a commercial building in California on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring 18 others. (Screenshot)
At least two people were killed and 19 others were injured in a fiery explosion Thursday after a small plane crashed into a furniture manufacturing facility in Southern California, shortly after taking off from a nearby airport.
The four-seat aircraft struck the sprawling building on Raymer Avenue near the Fullerton Municipal Airport in Orange County just after 2pm, roughly 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles, authorities said.
Benjamin Torrez, who helps load furniture onto trucks, was nearing the end of his shift when he and his co-workers heard a loud collision followed by screams. Torrez, 57, ran outside to see a horrific scene: a downed plane engulfed in flames as some of his colleagues frantically used extinguishers on three or four workers who had caught fire.
“We know most everybody but don’t know them well,” Torrez said of
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