Footage has emerged showing hundreds of people evacuating a burning hotel after a helicopter crashed into the roof, sparking a massive blaze.
At around 1:50am this morning, emergency services were called to the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton on the corner of Esplanade, Abbott and Florence Streets in Cairns City, Australia.
Queensland Ambulance confirmed in a social media post that a “helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel.”
The hotel was evacuated and no one in the building was injured. However, the pilot’s condition is unclear.
Footage captured by an Australian tourist was shared on social media and shows the roof engulfed in huge red and orange flames.
As the fire continued to rage, huge black clouds of smoke rose from the roof of the hotel.
“The whole building is burning,” a woman was heard saying as flames were seen on the ground floor of the hotel.
“Did you see it? The helicopter… it’s just crazy. I was just walking along there… I saw it crash,” she continued.
The helicopter crashed into the roof of the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton in Cairns City and caused a huge inferno (picture)
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