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Cassandra Morgan

Helicopter crashes into Melbourne home

Emergency crews are trying to free a man whose helicopter crashed into the roof of a Melbourne home. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Crews are working to free a pilot trapped in a helicopter after the aircraft crashed through the roof of a Melbourne home.

The crash happened at Mentone in the city's southeast, where emergency services were called to Broome Avenue and Tylden Court on Wednesday about 1pm.

The male pilot was the sole occupant of the helicopter and remained trapped in the aircraft as of 1.50pm.

Emergency crews are trying to free the man.

No one was in the home at the time of the helicopter crash.

Ambulance Victoria says the pilot is in a stable condition and paramedics are assessing him for lower body injuries.

The roads remain closed because of the incident.

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