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Video: Firefighters rescue man from burning high-rise scaffolding in China

53 people have died from Monday’s building fire

By FireRescue1 Staff

SHANGHAI, China — Firefighters in China use an aerial ladder to rescue a man from the scaffolding of a 28-story burning building in a video posted online on Monday.

The YouTube video shows the man crawling across a ladder bridge to the crane and then firefighters safely lowering him onto a stretcher.

The fire in Shanghai killed 53 people and injured dozens, and more are still missing.