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A small plane crashed just after taking off from Crystal Airport north of Minneapolis on Saturday, killing a North Dakota state legislator and the pilot, authorities said. North Dakota state Rep. Liz Conmy, of Fargo, was killed in the crash, her party confirmed.

The North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party, an affiliate of the national Democratic Party, paid tribute to Conmy in a social media post, calling her a champion for public education, the environment, and transparency. "We are completely heartbroken and gutted by the loss of Representative Liz Conmy. Her death is a profound loss for our state," the party said in a post on X.

Officers responded to a report of a small plane crash at 11:51am local time and found an aircraft that had crashed and caught fire in a park near a residential area in the city of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, police said.

The incident happened shortly after take-off, Brooklyn Park Police Inspector Matt Rabe said.

He wouldn't say how many people were on the plane, but the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that two people were aboard.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating a crash involving a Beech F33A aeroplane.

Dramatic driveway CCTV from a nearby home captured the moment the plane plummeted and exploded into a fiery ball.

Nobody on the ground was injured following the crash.

Images emerging after the tragedy showed debris scattered around the area of the crash.