Four people are believed to have been killed when a helicopter crashed, police have said.
The aircraft came down in the Cley area in north Norfolk, off the east coast of England. Emergency services are at the scene with a 1,200ft (400m) area cordoned off.
The helicopter is an HH-60G Pave Hawk, based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, a spokesman for the USAF confirmed.
The aircraft usually carries a four-man crew on board, he said.
Six appliances from Norfolk Fire Service are currently in attendance, including four pumps, a water carrier and an environmental protection unit.
A spokesman said the first unit arrived at the scene at 19:53 GMT.
It was initially thought the aircraft had ditched in the North Sea.
A spokesman for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution said: "We were asked for three lifeboats to solution.
"Crews from Wells, Sheringham and Cromer were launched at the demand of the coastguard but were stood down when it was confirmed that the aircraft had come down over land." [BBC]
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