A priest asked his congregation to pray for victims and first responders at a church service in Fort Smith on Sunday days after six people died in a tragic plane crash.

The charter plane had just taken off from the town on the boundary with Alberta and was en route to the Diavik Diamond Mine on the morning of Jan. 23, when it hit the ground and caught fire.

One mine worker survived and was airlifted to hospital in Yellowknife.

Father Aaron Solberg of St. JosephSA国际影视传媒檚 Anglican church addressed the crash at his weekly service and offered a prayer for both the living and the dead.

Solberg said there was a SA国际影视传媒渉ole in our heartsSA国际影视传媒� for the families.

SA国际影视传媒淏ring them consolation and comfort. Bless those who have survived and cure their memories of trauma and anguish,SA国际影视传媒� Solberg said.

SA国际影视传媒淲e pray for our health-care workers. We pray for the mental health of the Rangers and the and all first responders. We pray for the pilots SA国际影视传媒� for those who work in or with the airlines. We pray for those who have no choice but to fly.SA国际影视传媒�

Army Rangers rushed to the crash site on snowmobiles after the plane went down, along with EMS, hoping to provide aid to the victims.

The Transportation Safety Board has released photos of the crash site showing the plane severely damaged, its fuselage tattered, lying in a heavily wooded area just west of town.

Increased counselling is being offered for all residents including in the schools.

Father Solberg said at a time like this people should not be alone and his sermon called for more support from others within the community.

SA国际影视传媒淭hings are not OK,SA国际影视传媒� Solberg said in an interview with The Canadian Press after the service.

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 always the concern that people start to become really bitter rather than work through it.SA国际影视传媒�

Solberg has only been in Fort Smith for six months but has spent years in the North. He said it was important to include the first responders in his prayer.

SA国际影视传媒淚 work closely with enough of them, or know enough of them, to know what they saw and what they experienced on that day is traumatic. I know what that can do to people,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

SA国际影视传媒淚 saw also that this is a tragedy that struck the whole community. People are really broken up. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 like the emotion has been squeezed out of you. No oneSA国际影视传媒檚 unaffected by it.SA国际影视传媒�

Solberg said he is worried people will try and ignore what happened and move on. He said the only way through the grief is to confront it head on and talk about it.

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 my big worry because we need to talk about it. We need to be together in community. It has affected so many people,SA国际影视传媒� Solberg said.

SA国际影视传媒淭his town just keeps getting hit by one tragedy after another and one traumatic event after another and it catches up with you.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒擝y Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press