A number of people have been seen jumping from the windows of a 25-storey apartment building in Los Angeles after a fire started on the sixth floor.
The fire was reported to the Los Angeles Fire Department at around 8.30am at the building which stands at 11740 West Wilshire Boulevard in the Californian city.
The jumpers are reported to have been from around the floor where the fire was 'well developed'.
A statement released by the LAFD described a "25-storey residential high-rise with well-developed fire on the 6th floor."
It continued: "Persons (number undetermined) have reportedly jumped from that or nearby floors."
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An updated statement at just before 10AM local time stated: "The firefight continues with 335 LAFD personnel assigned, including 4 LAFD rescue capable helicopters."
According to the emergency radio system, a number of people who were in the building were also medically evacuated by helicopter.
At least one of those rescued was in traumatic arrest and paramedics were attempting to perform CPR.
A terrifying Twitter video posted by a member of the public in the area shows a person inching his way along a window ledge to avoid the fires that are billowing from the windows of the residential block.
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A fire crew using a ladder truck attempted to rescue the person on the ledge as they moved away from the inferno in order to bring them down to the floor, and to safety.
This same apartment block was the scene of another fire back in 2013. That blaze started on the 11th floor of the building and displaced 150 residents from their homes.
Two people were injured in that incident.
It is not yet known whether the building has a sprinkler system.
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More information will be added as we learn further details.
Topics: US News