Leap of faith: Firefighter's ladder too short, woman jumps from 11th floor blaze in Berlin

The video shows how the woman made the two-storey drop and land safely in the basket of the ladder next to a firefighter.

Dramatic video shows an apartment fire in Berlin where a woman hanging from a window on the 11th floor is seen jumping two floors down and landing perfectly into a firetruck’s rescue basket.

A firefighter inside a basket of an aerial ladder catches her as she drops two floors.

The firefighter was two floors below to be able to catch her fall.

As fire raged at the 21-story high-rise in Berlin, Germany, a woman had to summon the bravery to jump when a firefighter couldn't get close enough to rescue her from a ledge

Josh Milton | Senior science and technology reporter Published August 16, 2026 9:00am Updated August 16, 2026 9:00am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A woman narrowly escaped a fire that engulfed a 21-storey building in Berlin, Germany, by ju

THIS is the terrifying moment a woman dangles from the 11th floor of a burning building before taking a desperate leap of faith. Startling footage shows the woman clinging to the side of an apartment building in Berlin. Her legs can be seen dangling over a 35ft drop as an inferno rages inside. A firefighter...

The fire broke out at around 6.30am local time on Friday in Berlin's Friedrichshain neighbourhood, German news outlet dga reported.