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No fatalities have been reported on the ground after Friday's crash of a US Navy fighter jet into a residential building in Virginia Beach, VA.
A Navy jet has crashed into a residential area in Virginia Beach, VA, about 11 am local time on Friday, and the two pilots have safely ejected from the F/A-18 Hornet aircraft.
There has been no word immediately about possible on-the-ground fatalities. Two apartment buildings were on fire, according to CNN affiliate WTKR, which quoted eyewitnesses.
Emergency crews from the military, Virginia State Police and Virginia Beach police are responding to the scene of the crash, according to Fox news.
Black smoke was visible over the Birdneck Road area of Virginia Beach at 12:30 p.m. local time.
CNN reported that at least two people were hurt, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The pilot and a person who was on the ground were being treated for injuries, but the nature and extent of those injuries were not immediately clear, the spokeswoman said.
Volunteer rescue squad member Pat Kavanaugh said he and others found one of the two plane crew members who ejected.
"He was in shock and still strapped to his seat," Kavanaugh told CNN affiliate WTKR.
The jet hit the Mayfair Mews Apartment complex in Virginia Beach, according to U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell's office, whose district includes Virginia Beach.
The jet was from a training squadron at the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, the Navy and Federal Aviation Administration said.
The crew of the two-seater F/A-18 ejected, but their condition wasn't known, a Navy spokesman said.
George Pilkington, a witness, said he saw the plane flying low, with its nose up and tail down, ejecting fuel - which struck him as unusual. The engine was straining, he said.
The plane crashed in an area of apartment complexes and homes a half-mile from the waterfront, Pilkington said.
At least one building was damaged, according to video footage from CNN affiliate WTKR. A charred section of the jet wreckage was on the ground nearby. Another witness, Zack Zapatero, said the plane crashed into a building occupied by senior citizens.
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