A pilot has died after his helicopter crashed and burst into flames in a central Queensland cane field.
The aircraft came down after clipping power lines while spraying a paddock at Carmila, south of Mackay, on Friday morning.
Paramedics and fire crews rushed to the paddock on Carmila West Road after a triple-zero call was made just before 10.30am (AEST).
An ambulance service spokesman said a fire hampered efforts to get to the Jet Ranger helicopter.
"Initially we couldn't access the patient due to the safety and the cane paddock being on fire," he told AAP.
The pilot was found dead inside the chopper.
Police said residents only became aware of the crash when they heard a loud explosion followed by a power outage.
Blake Lawn, 16, was working outside at a nearby farm when he realised something had happened.
"I was out in the yard working on my car and the chopper just went quiet, then the power went out," he told the Mackay Daily Mercury.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the crash remotely.
"We are not attending the site based on the initial reports from the Queensland Police that it was a wire strike," a spokesman told AAP.
