A man in China shrugged off death after a building's floor went up in flames.

The man was filmed while he made a desperate attempt to escape death after the 23rd floor of an apartment caught fire. He was seen hanging off the side of it.

According to a report, it was more than 15 floors above the ground where the man was giving a tough fight to death.

In the video, the apartment's floor was burning wildly and the man was seeing hanging off the balcony. He tried to find a way to move away from the blaze, according to a Yahoo News report.

The incident happened in southwestern China's Chongqing on December 13. The man struggled to get rid of the death which was after him.

He climbed down the building and soon started to kick the glass window furiously as the debris fell down on him.

The man tried several times to break the glass window when finally the firefighters soon arrived to thrash the glass and pull the struggling man inside.

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It's not clear what started the fire or if the man sustained any injuries during his brush with death.

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A man was filmed escaping death after an apartment caught fire. He was seen hanging off the balcony trying desperately to save himself from the blaze.