Passengers were forced to evacuate a Dynamic International Airways plane after it caught fire on the runway in Fort Lauderdale, Florida this afternoon

MSNBC, citing the Federal Aviation Administration, said the plane had experienced a fuel leak before takeoff at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

CNN showed one person being led away from the scene on a stretcher. The plane, a Boeing 767, was headed for Venezuela.

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