Moment fireball rockets into the sky after helicopter crashes into the top of Hilton hotel in Cairns City, sparking mass exclusion zone and evacuation
Shocking footage has revealed the moment a fireball rockets into the sky after a helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel in Cairns City, sparking mass evacuations from the area.
Emergency services were called to the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton on the corners of Esplanade, Abbott and Florence Street, in Cairns City, Australia, at roughly 1.50am this morning.
Queensland Ambulance confirmed in a post on social media that a 'helicopter has crashed into the roof of a hotel', before adding: 'The building was evacuated as a precaution and there were no injuries sustained by people on the ground.'
A Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) has also since been declared and an exclusion zone has been enacted encompassing Esplanade, Minnie Street, Aplin Street and Grafton Street.
Footage captured by a tourist visiting Australia was shared to social media and showed the roof engulfed by massive red and orange flames.
Shocking footage has revealed the moment a fireball rockets into the sky after a helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel in Cairns City, sparking mass evacuations from the area.
Emergency services were called to the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton on the corners of Esplanade, Abbott and Florence Street, in Cairns City, Australia, at roughly 1.50am this morning.
Queensland Ambulance confirmed in a post on social media that a 'helicopter has crashed into the roof of a hotel', before adding: 'The building was evacuated as a precaution and there were no injuries sustained by people on the ground.'
A Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) has also since been declared and an exclusion zone has been enacted encompassing Esplanade, Minnie Street, Aplin Street and Grafton Street.
Footage captured by a tourist visiting Australia was shared to social media and showed the roof engulfed by massive red and orange flames.
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00:00The helicopter just flew, I just missed it, the video, they flew into that building.
00:15That building's had it.
00:19I don't know what to say.
00:23The whole building's on fire.
00:28That's out there somewhere.
00:35Look at that.
00:36Did you see it?
00:47No, there was no light, no light.
00:50I was walking.
00:52Was it part of us?
00:55Oh no.
00:56Oh no, she's walking along there.
00:58I think somebody stole it.
01:00Who stole it?
01:01Yeah, because it was there.
01:04It started going down there and then it came back.
01:07I was walking here.
01:08Was it dangerous like?