This is the horrific moment a mum holding her young baby screamed from a second-floor window of a burning building set alight by 'yellow vest' protesters in Paris.

Local sources said the protesters - known as the gilets jaunes - targeted the banking agency Banque Tarneaud, which was directly beneath the trapped woman's home.

A shocking video shows her screaming for help as the flames lick up the building, near the Champs-Elysées, Paris, on Saturday (March 16).

Panicked bystanders can be seen pleading with the petrified woman and her nine-month-old baby to try to make an escape.

The mother and child were rescued shortly after the video cuts out, according to reports.

Eleven people in the building, including two firefighters, sustained light injuries, as other residents were evacuated from the block.

This is the horrific moment a mum holding her young baby screamed from a second floor window of a burning building set alight by 'yellow vest' protesters in Paris. Local sources said the protesters - known as the gilets jaunes - targeted the banking agency Banque Tarneaud, which was directly beneath the trapped woman's home. A shocking video shows her screaming for help as the flames lick up the building, near the Champs-Elysées, Paris, on Saturday (March 16). Panicked bystanders can be seen pleading with the petrified woman and her nine-month-old baby to try to make an escape.