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divdiv class=story-body readability=49 span class=story-date#13; span class=date29 November 2013/span#13; span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time19:42 ET/span#13; #13; /span#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1A police helicopter has crashed into a pub on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow./p#13; pThe crash happened at The Clutha in Stockwell Street at 22:25./p#13; pPolice Scotland confirmed their service helicopter had crashed. There have been multiple casualties but it is not known if anyone has died./p#13; pFirst Minister Alex Salmond said: Given an incident of this scale we must all prepare ourselves for the likelihood of fatalities./p#13; pImages of the crash showed the dark blue helicopter on the roof with a yellow POLICE insignia on part of the wreckage./p#13; pThe Police Roll of Honour Trust tweeted Our thoughts are with the crew of @policescotland SP99 helicopter that has crashed in Glasgow - hoping everyone is alright.B/p#13; pJim Murphy, shadow development secretary, said there had been multiple injuries and reported a pile of people clambering out of a pub./p#13; pEyewitness Fraser Gibson, 34, was inside the Clutha pub with his brother to see his former band, Esperanza./p#13; pMidway through their set it sounded like a giant explosion, he told BBC Scotland. /p#13; pPart 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./p#13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13; !-- This is the embedded player component --#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- wwrights check --#13; !-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13; #13; #13; #13; div class=videoInStoryC readability=1#13; div id=emp-25163157-75076 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71443000/jpg/_71443380_71443379.jpg alt=Still of pub/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionGordon Smart of the Scottish Sun: I saw the whole thing happen/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13; #13; /div#13; !-- end of the embedded player component --#13; #13; !-- Player embedded -- pMr Gibson said that immediately following the incident there was a suggestion that a helicopter had crashed into the roof of the pub./p#13; pThere was no obvious sign of that, he said. I couldn't hear of any rotors or anything like that before the event happened or any sign when we came out of the pub./p#13; pI would say there was maybe 120 people inside the pub. A lot of people managed to get out straight away, but it was hard to tell how many were actually trapped in the other half of the bar./p#13; pWe wanted to get out of the way and let the emergency services get in there to help. /p#13; pI spoke to one of my former band members and he's as much in the dark over the situation as me./p#13; #13; pWe checked that each other was safe and the rest of the band were safe. The immediate group I was with are all safe./p#13; pWe're obviously very concerned about what casualties have been sustained in the incident./p#13; div class=story-feature wide readability=10#13; a class=hidden href=#story_continues_2Continue reading the main story/a h2Eyewitness/h2#13; !-- pullout-items--#13; #13; !-- pullout-body--#13; pstrongGordon Smart, editor the Scottish Sun, told the BBC:/strong/p#13; pI can't really believe what's happened. I was on the phone at the time and I heard a misfiring engine. Looked above me, couldn't work out where it was coming from, it got louder and louder and I just spotted a helicopter falling from the sky./p#13; pIt was falling at great speed. It looked like the rotors weren't spinning but the helicopter was sort of turning in a strange position and dropping at great speed. Oddly enough there was no explosion no fire ball./p#13; pIt's a busy Friday night, a lot of people have been out in the pubs, there are a lot of pubs in that area. I do fear… I would be staggered if there weren't fatalities from the area it's landed./p#13; #13; !-- pullout-links--#13; /div p id=story_continues_2There were no signs (of a helicopter) at all. The roof had just totally collapsed, there were shards of wood sticking out the top but nothing that said there had been a helicopter crash. /p#13; pA Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: I can confirm that we have people at the scene./p#13; pIt is obviously a major incident. There are numerous fire engines there; 15 fire engines at the moment along with specialist services./p#13; pI cannot confirm if there have been any injuries./p#13; pClaire Morris, who lives near the Clutha bar, told BBC News: We heard this bang. We didn't really know what had happened and then we heard people coming out and screaming./p#13; pI wasn't sure whether there had been an explosion. My daughter said to me it was a helicopter that had hit the roof./p#13; pPolice are everywhere. We are just very shaken./p#13; pShe added the pub was very popular and would have been busy on a Friday night./p#13; pMr Murphy said there were about 40 fire brigade staff at the scene and said passers-by had helped at the scene./p#13; #13; pMr Murphy told the BBC: It's a well established Glasgow pub. It's a horrible, horrible scene, but 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./p#13; !-- Embedding the audio player --#13; !-- This is the embedded player component --#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- wwrights check --#13; !-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13; #13; #13; #13; div class=audioInStoryC#13; div id=emp-25163154-75077 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71443000/jpg/_71443675_71443673.jpg alt=Scene of helicopter crash/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; /div#13; !-- end of the embedded player component --#13; #13; !-- Player embedded -- pFirst Minister Alex Salmond tweeted: The emergency services are in full operation. Our thoughts are with everyone involved. Scottish resilience operation now mobilised./p#13; pDeputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was absolutely awful news./p#13; pMy thoughts are with everyone involved and the emergency services, she tweeted./p#13; pPrime Minister David Cameron tweeted: My thoughts are with everyone affected by the helicopter crash in Glasgow - and the emergency services working tonight./p#13; pLabour Party leader Ed Miliband said it was shocking news from Glasgow. All my thoughts are with those who have been injured./p#13; div class=comment-introduction readability=-49#13; p class=introductionAre you in the area? Have you been affected? You can contact us using the form below. /p#13; #13; /div#13; #13; #13; piSend your pictures and videos to byourpics@bbc.co.uk/b or text them to b61124/b (UK) or b+44 7624 800 100/b (International). 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