A private jet crashed and burst into a violent fireball in the Lake Tahoe area that shook nearby homes, killing all three people on board.
The Bombardier CL 600 was turning on Monday to land at the Truckee Tahoe Airport in Northern California at around 1.20pm when officials said it went down in a wooded area adjacent to the airport near the Ponderosa Golf Course.
The crash also sparked a small forest fire, which authorities were able to put out.
The names of those onboard have not been released as of Tuesday morning, a Nevada County, California, Sheriff's Department spokeswoman told DailyMail.com
No one on the ground was injured.
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A private jet crashed and exploded into a fireball near a golf course in Truckee California Monday afternoon killing all three on board
Images of the scene show flaming debris in the immediate aftermath of the crash, which occurred in a populated area
The crash sparked a small wildfire which was quickly extinguished officials said
'It was very fortunate where the crash site is that it didn't hit any residential structures,' Nevada County Coroner Shannon Moon said at a news conference Monday evening. 'Everyone at the scene can appreciate that.'
She said investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board would be on site Tuesday morning to begin work to identify the people on board.
'We haven't positively identified anyone on that aircraft,' Moon said. 'We're not releasing any of the potential names or any things that ... we've been hearing some surmising on some questions as to who was on that aircraft.
'At this time, we haven't confirmed any positive identifications so we're not releasing any information and that is also to
