A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in Louisville, killing at least nine people in a fiery disaster that also left 11 others injured and more than a dozen unaccounted for, officials said on Wednesday.

The aircraft went down on Tuesday around 5:15 p.m., shortly after it departed from UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport for Honolulu. All three people onboard were killed in the crash, as were at least six people on the ground, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg confirmed. He warned that officials “expect that number will continue to rise” as search and recovery efforts continue.

“First responders are on the scene now that it’s daylight again. The coroner has been working through the night and is there,” Greenberg told CNN, adding that the National Transport

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