Two young brothers managed to escape apartment fire in the French city of Grenoble by jumping 10 metres (33ft) from a window before being caught by members of the public in the street below.
According to media reports, the two children, aged 10 and three, were unharmed by the fall.
#COVID19 #accident #grenoble ( Ce mardi il a y’a quelques heures dans l’après midi 2 enfants ont sauté par la fenêtre rattraper par les habitants ❤️🙏 pic.twitter.com/xzIYpL4b3Y
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The dramatic video footage of the incident shows the younger boy being dropped from the window to be caught by people waiting below the building.
Then the 10-year-old boy jumps as smoke billows from an adjacent window, engulfing the apartment.
The boys were taken to hospital along with 17 residents of the building.