Dramatic video has revealed how a young boy was left hanging from the 7th floor of a building in China after a fire started in the flat he was staying in.
The youngster was seen to be clinging to the side of the residential building in Chongqing this week.
Local people gasped as they realised what was happening. Many rushed to collect blankets in an attempt to help.
One witness said: "Some people brought some blankets from a nearby clinic and held them suspended to catch the boy if he fell by accident."
However, it wasn't until part-time policeman Yang Guoping passed by that the boy was rescued.
Guoping ran upstairs from the entrance of the hospital and asked a doctor which way to take.
"I told him I needed to save a boy. But we took the wrong side and I had to climb over a balcony. I grabbed the kid's feet and pulled him up with my arms."
It took Yang around 15 minutes to bring the boy to safety, according to witnesses watching from the ground.
Local residents said the boy retreated the balcony of his apartment house when a carton in the room caught fire, probably due to a electric short circuit. Firefighters later put out the fire when they arrived on the scene.
The youngster was seen to be clinging to the side of the residential building in Chongqing this week.
Local people gasped as they realised what was happening. Many rushed to collect blankets in an attempt to help.
One witness said: "Some people brought some blankets from a nearby clinic and held them suspended to catch the boy if he fell by accident."
However, it wasn't until part-time policeman Yang Guoping passed by that the boy was rescued.
Guoping ran upstairs from the entrance of the hospital and asked a doctor which way to take.
"I told him I needed to save a boy. But we took the wrong side and I had to climb over a balcony. I grabbed the kid's feet and pulled him up with my arms."
It took Yang around 15 minutes to bring the boy to safety, according to witnesses watching from the ground.
Local residents said the boy retreated the balcony of his apartment house when a carton in the room caught fire, probably due to a electric short circuit. Firefighters later put out the fire when they arrived on the scene.
Source: ITN
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