Heart-stopping moment firefighters saves woman falling out of her six-story window as she tries to escape from her burning home 

  • Woman in China was filmed falling from sixth-story window on March 25
  • A fire broke out in her house and she was pictured hanging on windowsill
  • The woman then lost her footing and was rescued by quick-thinking fireman 

By Sophie Williams For Mailonline

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Video footage has caught the dramatic moment a woman in China was caught by a quick-thinking fireman.  

She had fallen from a windowsill in her home after she tried to escape the fire in Jiaxing City, China's Zhejiang province on March 25. 

People can be heard screaming as the woman falls from the windowsill.  

The woman fell from the windowsill and was caught by a quick thinking fireman
She was then dragged through the window

Caught: The woman fell from the windowsill and was caught by a quick thinking fireman

In the footage posted on CGTN's Youtube page, smoke can be seen billowing out of one of the windows of the apartment building. 

The woman had been left trapped on the sixth-story windowsill as firefighters worked out how to try and rescue her. 

However before they could come up and get her, she lost her footing and fell. 

People can be heard shouting and screaming as the woman falls. 

Another section of footage shows the fall from another angle
The woman was then dragged through the window

Shocking moment: Another section of footage shows the fall from another angle

However a quick-thinking firefighter manages to grab her from the window below and pull her back into the building. 

The footage was taken from different angles and at one point, it is possible to see the flames coming from the building. 

The woman's daughter was also rescued from the building.

According to CGTN, there were no reported injuries.    

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