Two people were killed and two others injured after a small aircraft crashed and caught fire near Warsaw's Bemowo Airport, the capital city of Poland, on Thursday.

Axar.az reports, citing Polish media, the plane went down shortly after 1 p.m. local time near the airport, striking the ground and a metal building before bursting into flames.

The two people on board were killed. Two bystanders were also injured, with one taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and the other treated at the scene.

The airport was temporarily closed following the crash, but later resumed operations.

Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.