A large cargo plane has crashed on take-off from the airport in Louisville, Kentucky, triggering a huge fire on the ground.

The UPS plane was taking off for Honolulu and injuries were reported, the Louisville Metro Police Department said in a social media post.

Photos on social media showed a large plume of black smoke rising into the sky.

Louisville's police department said on X, formerly Twitter, there was a fire and debris, and it asked people to stay away.

A shelter-in-place order was issued within eight kilometres of the airport, and later extended to all areas north of the airport to the Ohio River.

Television station video showed a large trail of flames and a plume of smoke leading from a parking lot as fire trucks tried to douse the fire.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airplane

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