Two people are dead after a small plane crashed near the Whitehorse International airport in the Yukon Monday evening, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) confirmed.
According to TSB spokesperson Chris Krepski, the plane — a privately owned Cessna 170 — was taking off from Whitehorse and heading to Anchorage, Alaska.
The plane collided with terrain, Krepski confirmed, causing a fire on board.
According to Krepski, the two occupants of the plane were killed in the crash.
A tweet from Yukon RCMP posted shortly after 10 p.m. EST said emergency crews were on scene and assisting at the site of the crash.
A post on Facebook from the government of Yukon asked motorists and observers to avoid the Robert Service Way while emergency crews worked.
A team of investigators with the TSB that is based in Edmonton will head to Whitehorse on Tuesday.
-With a file from The Canadian Press.