. >> dan haggerty, of our san diego affiliate was there. >> a fighter jet just crashed in this house right here. the pilot ejected. >> reporter: leo omeda flagged down our news van to show us his cell phone video. the shots you see here are only a few houses down from his front yard. >> watch out. get back. get back. get back. get back. >> reporter: you actually saw it falling and spinning to the ground? >> right. i saw it falling out of the sky, spinning out of control. and right when it exploded, we ran out there. >> reporter: a hairier jet. authorities on scene told me, was headed from yuma to miramar, fell from the sky as the pilot ejected. >> get out of the way. >> reporter: it landed in a ball of flames that torched cars and homes, destroying three houses and evacuating an entire block. >> it's popping out. >> reporter: that popping is ammo. police told me one of the homeowners had weapons. and the heat from the jet fuel set off the bullets. we're learning, now, the jet's pilot had apparently noticed problems with his plane moments before he lost control. this neighborhood sits