AT LEAST four people have been killed and at least five injured after a plane crashed into two homes in California, causing a huge blaze.

Riverside Fire Chief Michael Moore revealed the Cessna's occupants, a husband, wife and three teenagers, were returning to San Jose on Monday after a weekend cheerleading conference at Disneyland.

Moore added that one of the teenagers, a girl, was thrown from the plane on impact and had only minor injuries.

She was able to talk to firefighters about the crash as she was taken to a hospital.

The craft, a Cessna 310, crashed shortly after taking off from Riverside Municipal Airport heading for San Jose.

Four bodies have been found in the wreckage but firefighters have not worked out exactly how many were from the plane and how many from the homes.

They are looking for additional possible victims in the wreckage.

Horrified witnesses told local news a woman wriggled out from one of the houses with her clothes still on fire and claiming to be the pilot.

One resident, Ana Duran, told local media: “It just sounded like a bomb.

“I heard people screaming and yelling."

Both homes were destroyed with minor damage to surrounding houses.

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