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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A cargo plane crash at the Louisville, Kentucky airport sparked a massive fire, killing at least nine people and forcing the shutdown of UPS’s largest package delivery hub.

Authorities were searching for additional victims in an industrial area next to the airport where the UPS plane slammed into businesses Tuesday afternoon and exploded, after taking off from the company’s distribution hub.

Several people on the ground were killed, Louisville Fire Chief Brian O’Neill said. About a dozen people were injured.

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Video showed the plane’s left wing was on fire when it took off, moments before it crashed into an industrial area at the end of the runway.

The plane, bound for Honolulu and fully loaded with fuel, shredded the roof of one large building

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