A helicopter has crashed into the roof of a hotel in a popular Australian tourist town forcing hundreds of guests to be evacuated.

Emergency crews were called to the Hilton’s DoubleTree hotel in the northern city of Cairns at about 2am local time on Monday.

“The building was evacuated as a precaution and there were no injuries sustained by people on the ground,” Queensland state police said in a statement.

“Police are on scene investigating the circumstances of the incident.”

A Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) was put in place by officers and an exclusion zone was enforced covering a number of nearby streets.

Police did not give any details on the condition of the pilot or whether any passengers were on board.

Videos posted on social media showed a fire on the roof of the hotel.

Two of the helicopter’s propellers came off and one landed in the hotel pool, according to Australian media reports.