Two people died after a small private plane crashed near Centennial Airport on Friday.

Both people were on board a 1963 Beechcraft P35 that crashed about a half mile southeast of the airport just before 6:30 a.m. Friday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration .

South Metro Fire Rescue and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office listed the crash as fatal on social media Friday morning. The single-engine V-tail aircraft crashed in an industrial complex near the 8600 block of South Peoria Street, fire rescue said .

Authorities were first notified of a plane crash resulting in an explosion with visible smoke and flames, the DCSO confirmed Friday morning.

Upon arrival, responders found the plane on the ground, engulfed in fire near a bank of commercial generators.

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