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A small, home-built kit airplane crashed in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday afternoon, damaging two homes, catching fire and killing two people and a dog onboard, officials said.
The Vans RV-10 that crashed near High Meadow Street and Wood Ranch Parkway around 2:10 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.
NOTE: The Ventura County Fire Department initially said it believed the pilot was the only person onboard. In a later update, Simi Valley PD said two people and a dog died.
The pilot died in the crash, Ventura County Fire Department Public Information Officer Andrew Dowd told reporters at a news conference.
