Nine people died after a Bahamas-bound Learjet crashed and then erupted in a fireball in Palm Beach County, Florida, US.

Axar.az reports, citing CNN, that the crash is the second deadliest in the United States this year, according to National Transportation Safety Board records, following June’s skydiving plane crash in Butler, Missouri, which killed 12.

Officials have not identified the nine people who were aboard the plane or said how many were passengers and crew.

“It looked like a missile going down,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said of the crash.

There are no reports of anyone on the ground being killed, but the crash did create a significant debris field, the governor said. About 600 people are in need of shelter on the ground because the crash scene is blocking the entrance to a mobile home park and residents can’t stay there, a county official said.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who confirmed the deaths, called the crash a “horrific tragedy.”

The Federal Aviation Administration and NTSB will investigate the crash, the FAA said.