VIDEO: Man in China narrowly escapes death in burning building

SHANGHAI: A harrowing video has come to the light, showing the man hanging from the window of his apartment in a high-rise in China’s Chongqing city.

According to a report, the man tries to kick and break open a window of an apartment below to little avail, and, in fact, endangering him further.

As people on the street look on in horror, rescuers arrive at the scene well into a minute into the video, helping him to climb inside.

The video was posted on December 14 and people on social media remembered to thank the fireman who helped him. It had over 1500 shares at the time of writing.