Viral video: Civilians in China form human chain to rescue kids trapped inside burning building

Team Udayavani, Aug 25, 2021, 1:35 PM IST

Videos of civilians carrying out heroic rescue operations have gone viral on social media and footage from China is making rounds, featuring a rescue operation of two children from a burning building.

The video shows two girls trapped on the third floor of a multi-story building, in Hunan’s Xintian province, which was on fire. Six civilians came to the rescue of the girls. In the video, the civilians climbed the grills, that were set along the building’s walls, with bare hands. They formed a human ladder and were able to rescue the children.

The video of the incident was shared on the internet by ‘Trending in China.’  one can see black smoke coming out of the building. The video was captioned, “Six men climbed the wall with their bare hands to build a human ladder, rescued the children out of the window, and transported them to the ground.”

The video garnered a lot of praise online.