Firefighters rescued a mother and her son on a building ledge who were hiding from a fire that broke out in their flat in southern China.

The video, filmed in the city of Chongqing on July 8, shows the bright flames coming out of the 19th-floor flat of a residential building.

In another clip, a mother named Zhou Lin and her ten-year-old son were seen hiding on the building ledge in between the 17th and 18th floors.

A fireman attached by safety ropes lowered down to approach the mother and the son and helped them climb back into the flat.

According to reports, Zhou found the smoke coming into their bedroom when they were sleeping and tried to exit their apartment but failed. Zhou then opened the window in the bedroom and climbed down with her son to the building ledge to escape the huge fire.

After firefighters arrived, one team went to extinguish the fire and the other team went to evacuate the residents in the building.

Fortunately, no casualties were reported.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

7月8日凌晨，

重庆九龙坡云湖天都小区3栋20楼

一住户家中突发火灾。

因为火势太大，

妈妈周琳带着10岁的儿子

从卧室窗口往下爬，

结果巧妙逃生，

两人双双获救。

可以说，

是冷静和机智救了这对母子！

俩人成功的秘诀是：

母子爬到楼外“躲猫猫”。

接警后，重庆九龙坡消防马上派出了精干队伍前往现场灭火救援，凌晨1点24分，消防车抵达了现场。到场之后消防员兵分两路，一路负责灭火，另一路则负责对17-22楼的住户实施有序疏散并搜救。

由于出警及时，火势很快得到了控制，当时从火场救出了一名伤员。搜救组在行动的过程中，接到了全勤指挥部命令：“房间18-4外墙空调机部位有两人被困！”

消防员打开18-4的房门，从19-4的卧室窗外，发现在19-4和18-4的外墙夹层，有两名被困人员，他们是一对母子。

妈妈周琳介绍了原因：“我们睡觉的时候，突然发现外面有烟进来了。最初我还打算把被子打湿，把人盖着冲出去，结果发现冲不出去，于是就把儿子拉回卧室，把窗子打开，带着儿子翻到下面的楼层。我先翻下去，然后接儿子下来。我们先爬到了20楼和19楼的夹层，我觉得不安全，上面一直有噼噼啪啪烧火的声音，于是又往下翻了一层。本来我们准备进19楼的，可是喊不答应，应该人都跑出去了，于是就趴在19楼和18楼的夹层等候救援。”

这对被困母子应该是平时对消防逃生知识比较了解，没有采用原地等待或者跳楼的极端方式逃生，而是很巧妙的爬到19楼空调外机的地方等待营救，这是值得市民们学习的。本次火灾没有造成人员伤亡。（视频由重庆台提供）