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In a bizarre incident Wednesday, an inflatable raft fell from a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter and smashed through the roof of a Miami house, injuring a woman inside.

The raft — which was not inflated at the time, packaged instead in a square bundle — punched a hole in the roof measuring a little more than half a metre by half a metre.

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Capt. W.A. McAllister said the incident, which happened around 3 p.m., was a close call for a woman asleep in the house at the time. “Fortunately, the occupant narrowly escaped disaster and suffered minor injuries,” McAllister told journalists.

It is unclear what caused the raft to “separate” from the helicopter, Miami police said.

The RCAF Griffon helicopter was returning to United States Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa Locka, Fla. from a sortie on Exercise Southern Breeze when the raft fell, the RCAF said in a statement. “The Royal Canadian Air Force intends to support the affected resident with immediate accommodations and other support,” it added.