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Small plane crashes in Ventura County

A light plane crash near Camarillo Airport Friday morning.
Ventura County Fire Department
A light plane crash near Camarillo Airport Friday morning.

Fire reported after crash; Debris field reported.

A small plane has crashed in Ventura County.

The plane went down at 8 a.m. Friday, just west of Camarillo Airport, ending up in an agricultural field near Del Norte Boulevard. There was a fire, and debris is scattered around the field.

There's no word on how many people were on board, or if there are survivors. The plane had just taken off from Camarillo Airport, and was headed to Phoenix.

The crash was off of Highway 101, but it didn't directly affect the highway.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.