LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At least nine people are dead after Tuesday's UPS cargo plane crash with several victims still unaccounted for, said Mayor Craig Greenberg, D-Louisville.

The plane crashed around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday as it was departing for Honolulu from UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, crashing and exploding in a massive fireball.

Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., posted online Wednesday morning that 16 families who gathered at a reunification center “have reported loved ones unaccounted for.”

The airport is 7 miles (11.2 kilometers) from downtown Louisville, close to the Indiana state line, residential areas, a water park and museums. Emergency officials initially put out a shelter-in-place order for a 5-mile (8-kilometer) radius. By Wednesday morning, that was

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