At least six people aboard a private Cessna were presumed dead after the small aircraft crashed into a neighborhood in San Diego early Thursday morning, setting homes on fire and sending residents in this large military neighborhood scrambling to safety.

Several people are believed to have died after a small plane crashed into a residential street in San Diego on Thursday morning.

The aircraft crashed just before 4 a.m. into the U.S. military's largest housing neighborhood, appearing to strike at least one home that had a charred and collapsed roof and smashing through half a ...