Three dead in Los Angeles helicopter crash

Three people have died after a helicopter crashed in suburban Los Angeles, fire authorities in the city have said.

The aircraft went down on Tuesday 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.

Local media reports have suggested it was a news helicopter that was flying near the scene of a fatal bus crash.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said on X that it is not yet known how many people were onboard, or who the helicopter belonged to.

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.

The incident occurred just before 19:00 local time (01:00 BST) 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.