A  small aircraft went down Saturday in the Cleveland National Forest south of Corona, killing two people, Corona police said.

The crash occurred around 10:25 a.m. near Suzie Circle, south of East Upper Drive. It sparked a small fire in dry brush and trees, prompting a response that included air tankers and helicopters dropping fire retardant and water.

Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash and have not released information on the victims, but a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said Saturday afternoon that there may have been two people in the aircraft. Police later confirmed it

Russ Hoch, a Corona resident whose house overlooks the forest, said the aircraft looked like an ultralight. Hoch said his girlfriend heard the crash, and he ran out of the house to see what had happened. The aircraft had come down in a small clearing in the forest, he said.

“It looked like PVC pipe with fabric melted on it,” and the engine was lying about 15 feet behind the craft’s tail, which didn’t appear to have a number on it, Hoch said. “There was nothing identifiable.”

Planes are typically identified by a tail number that is registered with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Hoch said he yelled to check for any survivors but didn’t see or hear anyone, and he soon had to move away because trees were bursting into flame.

Whoever was in the aircraft may have been thrown some distance from the crash, officials said.

The fire was reported to be 3 to 5 acres and was quickly put out by firefighters from Corona, the U.S. Forest Service and state Department of Corrections hand crews.

Corona Deputy Fire Chief John Medina said three firefighters were injured by bee stings, and one was taken to a hospital. Flushed out by the smoke, the bees may have been attracted to the firefighters’ yellow Nomex jackets.

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