Firefighters managed to rescue a man clinging from a broken safety rope from the 16th floor of a building in southwestern China.

The video, filmed in Liupanshui city in Guizhou province on June 30, shows a worker clinging onto the safety rope as the firefighters analyse the situation.

A fireman, attached to a safety rope, lowered himself down from the roof to approach the worker and tied a safety rope to his waist.

Then the fireman helped push the worker up while other firefighters on the top of the building lifted him up slowly.

After seven minutes, the worker was successfully rescued.

According to reports, the worker was repairing the outer wall when the safety rope suddenly snapped.

Thanks to his quick reactions he immediately grabbed the rope to save himself.

6月30日14时许，贵州六盘水水城古镇改造安置房，一工人在维修外墙时，因设备老化绳索突然断开，幸好工人年轻反应快，一把抓住绳子，吊在17楼的高空。情况危急。接警后，钟山消防人民中路中队立即出动1车6人赶赴现场救援。
14时25分中队指战员到达现场，发现一人悬挂在17楼外墙，体力不支，如不及时救援，被困者将会有坠楼危险，情况万分危急。中队利用绳索开展救援，过程中，被困人员的工友及指战员一边安抚被救者，一边由一名指战员穿戴好防护装备，携带腰带和绳索，缓缓下降至被困人员处，再将腰带和绳索绑在被困人员腰部。随后，消防指战员及其工友一起用力将被困人员成功拉起至安全区域。
用时仅7分钟，完成了这场心惊胆战的高空营救。