Two dead in fiery gyrocopter crash near Orange

Two people have died after a light aircraft crashed in Orange about midday on Wednesday.

Emergency services were called to a paddock on Forest Road in Spring Hill, 13 kilometres south-east of Orange, just after noon to reports that a light aircraft had crashed and caught fire.

A police spokesman said two people on board the aircraft, reportedly a gyrocopter, died in the crash.

Two fire crews were at the scene and had extinguished the fire by 12.30pm, a Fire and Rescue NSW spokeswoman said.

The police spokesman said officers from the Central West Police District had established a crime scene and remained on scene investigating the incident.