Marines are using heavy equipment to clear the debris and wreckage caused when a military jet crashed into an Imperial Valley neighborhood the day earlier, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

Two homes were destroyed and a third heavily damaged but none of the residents suffered major injuries. The pilot ejected and has been treated and released from a local hospital for minor injuries.

Eight homes were evacuated in the minutes after the crash occurred in the city of Imperial at about 4:20 p.m. Residents at five of the homes were later allowed to return.

While the plane was not carrying ordnance, jet fuel and components are considered hazardous and the Marine Corps has a team of specialists conducting cleanup, Marine officials told the Los Angeles Times.

The AV-8B Harrier was based at the Marine Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing with headquarters at Marine Air Station Miramar in San Diego.

The Marine Corps tweeted out a promise to residents that “we will work with those affected and will conduct a thorough investigation.”

Hours later, at 10 p.m., a Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed while attempting a landing aboard the carrier Carl Vinson off the Southern California coast. The pilot ejected and was rescued.

The plane was not recovered, Navy officials said. The cause of that crash is also under investigation. That plane, from a squadron at Oceana, Va., was on a pre-deployment training mission.