Family Jumps From Apartment Balcony To Escape Fire [VIDEO]

A family in Russia had to jump from the their apartment balcony, which was five stories up, to escape a raging inferno.

Luckily there were several good Samaritans down below that used a piece of carpet as a landing pad to help rescue the family.

As you can see in this video, all of the family members were able to escape the fire by jumping from the balcony. The first few to leap from the balcony were kids, and then the parents.

All survived the fire. But what a scary scene.