12 Exposed to Debris, Pilot Safe After F-16 Hits Warehouse

12 Exposed to Debris, Pilot Safe After F-16 Hits Warehouse
An F-16 fighter jet crashed into a warehouse just off March Air Reserve Base in Perris, Calif. on May 16, 2019. Riverside County Sheriff's Office
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RIVERSIDE, Calif.—A warehouse worker said he heard the deafening noise of an F-16 jet moments before it smashed through the roof of the building near a Southern California air base.

“Next thing I know I just hear this explosion and turn around to the back of the building, and I just seen a burst of flames and just the ceiling started falling through every part of the building,” Daniel Gallegos told KABC-TV. “I turned around, and my co-worker just told me to get out, so I just made a run for it.”