Vancouver police say an eight-year-old girl died on Tuesday after she fell from a high-rise balcony in the city's Yaletown neighbourhood.

The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says officers were called to a residential building near Nelson Street and Expo Boulevard around 2:30 p.m. PT on Nov. 11 after the child fell from a balcony.

They were pronounced dead at the scene, despite life-saving efforts from first responders, the VPD says in a media release.

The police force says investigators from its Major Crime Section are looking into the death, and are asking anyone who knows anything about the situation to contact Vancouver police.

The large building near Nelson Street and Expo Boulevard is located in the Yaletown neighbourhood. (Andrew Lee/CBC)

VPD Const. Tania Visintin said in an

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