Helicopter crash in Vauxhall, London - in pictures

Smoke pours from the burning debris of a helicopter that crashed in the Vauxhall area Photograph: Victor Jimenez/Getty Images

A general view of the scene where a helicopter crashed in central London, after hitting a crane on top of a tower block by the river Thames Photograph: Toby Scott/PA

Fire from the helicopter crash Photograph: Tom Avis @tom_avis/Rex Features

The damaged crane on top of the Tower at St George Wharf Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA

Smoke rises at the scene of the crash Photograph: Aaron James Rodgers / Rex Featur/Rex Features

A car burning on the street after the crash Photograph: HotSpot Media

Emergency services arrive as smoke pours from the burning debris of a helicopter Photograph: Victor Jimenez/Getty Images

A damaged crane on the Towerl Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Photographer Nic Walker said this was "the remains of the helicopter fuel. It ditched into the building on the left." Photograph: Nic Walker/Rex Features

Smoking debris at the scene of the helicopter crash in Vauxhall Photograph: Angelo Bereira/PA

Smoke rises from debris as police and emergency services attend the scene Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Debris and a burntout car at the scene of the crash Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

Emergency services at the scene of the helicopter crash Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Emergency services survey the wreckage Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Police cordon off Vauxhall Bridge to motorists near the scene during rush hour Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

The damaged crane at the St George's Wharf development Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features

Part of the crane in the road Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

A rotor blade from the helicopter at the crash site Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian

People walk across the deserted Wandsworth Road a few hundred metres south of the crash scene Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images