Small Plane Crash Sets Los Angeles Apartment Building Ablaze

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A small plane nosedived into an apartment complex Friday, setting the three-story building ablaze.

Dozens of firefighters battled the flames while treating victims in a makeshift triage unit.

The number of casualties was not known, police Officer Jason Lee said.

The fire erupted quickly in the building on Spaulding Street in the Fairfax district near Hollywood.

Police and firefighters helped stunned residents from the structure that had at least 30 units.

A resident of the area told KABC-TV that the plane went into the buildng about 3:50 p.m.

``I looked up and saw the plane just do a nosedive,'' Aaron Hooker said. ``It didn't seem real.''

A Federal Aviation Administration duty officer said she knew only that a small plane had crash.