Woman leaps from 11th-floor ledge into firefighter’s arms as Berlin high-rise burns

As a furious blaze raged inside a high-rise apartment building in Berlin, one woman was rescued by scaling the building’s exterior and taking a terrifying leap more than two stories down to safety.

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.

The fire was in the Friedrichshain neighborhood near the Ostbahnhof train station

At least five people were injured after a fire in a 21-storey Berlin high-rise led to some residents consider jumping to escape the flames, local media reported.The severity of the injuries was not immediately known, German news agency dpa said. All of the building’s residents were evacuated and the fire was brought un

Fire in Berlin high-rise injured 5, prompted some residents to consider jumping to safety  Toronto Star

A fire in a 21-story Berlin high-rise injured about five people and made some residents consider jumping to escape the flames before it was brought under control