At least three people were killed and dozens injured after a police helicopter crashed into a busy Glasgow pub on Friday night.
Scottish rescue workers worked through the night trying to rescue people trapped in The Clutha pub in the central city after a police helicopter crashed through the roof.
It's estimated there were 120 people in the pub at the time, the BBC reports, and 32 people have been taken to local hospitals. Many escaped but others were trapped by a collapse on the left-hand side of the building.
There were three people on board the helicopter - two officers and a civilian pilot.
Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, says there are likely to be fatalities, given the scale of the incident
A senior fire officer said they've made contact with some of those still inside but the building is unsafe and they are taking a "methodical" approach to the rescue. More than 100 firefighters have been making sure the building is safe.
Emergency services have erected barriers around the scene and specialist rescue teams are using sniffer dogs to help with the search.
Eyewitnesses who saw the helicopter flying over The Clutha pub in Stockwell Street say it dropped like a stone, collapsing part of the roof.
Footage from the scene in the central city shows the mangled helicopter embedded in the roof, surrounded by dozens of emergency vehicles.
Pub full of concert-goers
The incident happened at about 10.25pm when the pub was full of revellers attending a Friday night concert to celebrate the start of the St Andrew's Day weekend.
Grace MacLean, who was in the pub at the time of impact, told the BBC it was fairly busy. "We were all having a nice time and then there was like a whoosh noise.
"There was no bang, no explosion, and then there was what seemed like smoke and we were all joking that the band had made the roof come down and then it started to come down more and someone started screaming and the whole pub filled with dust and you couldn't see anything, you couldn't breathe."
Fraser Gibson was inside the pub with his brother and told BBC Scotland there were about 120 people inside the building and many managed to get out straight away.
"Part of the room was covered in dust. We didn't know what had happened. We froze for a second; there was panic and then people trying to get out the door."
Labour MP Jim Murphy was driving near the pub at the time of the crash on Friday and said there had been multiple injuries and and reported a "pile of people" clambering out of a pub.
He described a "horrible scene" immediately after the crash though he praised bystanders who formed human chains to rescue revellers.
"Well done to the folk who were here. Everyone formed a chain of people from inside the pub to outside, and the fire brigade and everyone were here very quickly."
