Small plane crashes into California prison yard

The scene where the plane went down. Photo / Twitter

Idk the details, but I heard an explosion outside my work and apparently a plane crashed into, or nearby, the prison in Norco. pic.twitter.com/TaF4qWbESo

— lil female trait | BLM (@local_thiccboi) April 22, 2019

Debris field of a plane crash at the Norco State prison @FOXLA #Skyfox @CACorrections pic.twitter.com/uAiguIwRwZ

— Lisette Guzman (@lisetteg) April 22, 2019

A small plane has crashed into a prison compound in Norco, California, sparking a fire, news reports say.

The crash was reported at the California Rehabilitation Centre on Fifth Street, the Riverside County Fire Department said.

The Cessna went down in an area of the prison under construction, NBC reported.

The condition of the pilot was not immediately known. There were no other injuries reported among staff or inmates.

NBC reported that it was not known where the plane departed from or the condition of the pilot.