Three people have died after a helicopter crashed in suburban Los Angeles, fire authorities in the city have said.
The aircraft went down between two commercial buildings in the Chatsworth neighbourhood, a Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) spokesperson told the BBC. One person has been transferred to a local hospital and their condition remains unknown.
Footage from the scene showed two shipping containers and several vehicles burning. The blaze has been extinguished, the fire department said.
It was not immediately clear who was operating the aircraft, but local media reports suggested it was a news helicopter that was flying near the scene of a fatal bus crash.
Earlier, LAFD Captain Branden Silverman told the local affiliate of the BBC's US partner CBS: "We do have one confirmed patient that seemed to be outside of the helicopter when it crashed.
"That person was declared deceased on scene," Silverman said.
Silverman did not specify how many people were inside the helicopter at the time of the crash.
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Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the helicopter was not one of theirs.
The incident occurred just before 19:00 local time on Tuesday in the area of Lurline Avenue and Nordhoff Street.
Several news helicopters were reportedly in the area at the time of the incident, reporting on a bus crash.
Earlier in the day, two people were killed and six others were injured after an SUV crashed into a city bus in Chatsworth, BBC's US partner CBS reported.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will lead the investigation into the incident.
