Plane crashes into South Lake Tahoe home

Two people are confirmed dead after a small plane crashed into a residential area in South Lake Tahoe.

Sgt. Michael Yarborough of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department told the Reno Gazette-Journal that the house, located on the 1600 block of Tionontati St.in the California town, was engulfed in flames after the aircraft crashed into it around 5:30 p.m. local time.

Maja Smith, an aviation accident investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, said the plane only contained two people.

Officials say a plane with two people aboard has crashed into a property in Northern California close to the Nevada state line.

A Beech 35 Bonanza airplane carrying two passengers crashed near a home in South Lake Tahoe on Saturday.

Johnson is attempting to identify the victims using dental records. No one on the ground was hurt.

She said: ‘They were sitting there relaxing in the living room and they heard what sounded like a tree falling. There were no injuries to anyone in the home, he says.

She said the pair inside the home, which included San Francisco playwright Rod McFadden, rushed outside without shoes and headed back to San Francisco.

This incident has occurred within El Dorado County and this information is being provided by City of South Lake Tahoe emergency responders who are on site assisting with the incident.

Two bodies were pulled from the plane’s wreckage.

Check with RGJ for more updates as they become available.