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| Video: US firefighters save construction worker from blaze, and not a moment too soon | |
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| A fire has raged through the AIG Campus in Houston, Texas, with a YouTube video shot by an onlooker capturing the daring rescue of a construction worker by firefighters as the complex burned around them. | A fire has raged through the AIG Campus in Houston, Texas, with a YouTube video shot by an onlooker capturing the daring rescue of a construction worker by firefighters as the complex burned around them. |
| Scroll down for the video | Scroll down for the video |
| The clip, uploaded by user Karen Jones, was shot from a nearby building where horrified workers watched as the man sought refuge from the blaze on a top floor balcony. | The clip, uploaded by user Karen Jones, was shot from a nearby building where horrified workers watched as the man sought refuge from the blaze on a top floor balcony. |
| As the fire spread his situation grew increasingly desperate, with the flames drawing closer to his location and plastic doors melting and peeling off the building. | As the fire spread his situation grew increasingly desperate, with the flames drawing closer to his location and plastic doors melting and peeling off the building. |
| The as yet unnamed man dropped down to a lower floor as firefighters rushed in with a mounted ladder to rescue him – the worker taking a leap of faith onto the ladder just moments before the fire ripped away half of the building. | The as yet unnamed man dropped down to a lower floor as firefighters rushed in with a mounted ladder to rescue him – the worker taking a leap of faith onto the ladder just moments before the fire ripped away half of the building. |
| The Houston Fire Department said the fire was "under control" by mid-afternoon Tuesday, two hours after it started, with all workers accounted for and no injuries reported. | The Houston Fire Department said the fire was "under control" by mid-afternoon Tuesday, two hours after it started, with all workers accounted for and no injuries reported. |
| More than 200 emergency personal responded to the apartment complex fire, the cause of which is now under investigation. | More than 200 emergency personal responded to the apartment complex fire, the cause of which is now under investigation. |
| Another video uploaded on YouTube (above) and taken from further away shows the extent of the fire. | Another video uploaded on YouTube (above) and taken from further away shows the extent of the fire. |