WASHINGTON, Oct 23: The Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday reports that a US helicopter had come under fire in Pakistan over the weekend.

However, Assistant Secretary of Defence Victoria Clarke, who gave the information at the Pentagon’s briefing, refused to disclose the location where the helicopter was hit.

She said no casualties were reported as a result of the firing.

The briefing was told that a salvage helicopter that had gone on a rescue mission for the helicopter that had crashed on Friday in Balochistan “took fire” on Saturday during a refuelling stop at some place in Pakistan while returning to base. The nature of the attack was not specified, whether it was gunfire or something else.