WATCH: Heart-stopping moment hero firefighter catches falling baby from burning building

A FIREFIGHTER'S helmet camera has captured the dramatic moment a fellow officer caught a baby dropped from a blazing apartment building.

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In the video the brave firefighter catches the infant after they were dropped by a panicked parent who was climbing down a ladder from the third floor balcony.

Around a dozen people were injured in the blaze at the building in DeKalb County, near the US city of Atlanta, Georgia.

Firefighters who arrived at the scene witnessed pure panic as debree from the burning building rained down on them.

While the emergency services were able to get ladders up to the higher floors, many parents feared their children wouldn't be able to escape in time and began throwing them down to waiting officers.

Firefighter catches falling baby from burning apartment building SCREENGRAB/DEKALB COUNTY FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT

DRAMATIC: The firefighter caught a falling baby from a burning apartment building

Firefight catches baby SCREENGRAB/DEKALB COUNTY FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT

LUCKY: The firefighter caught the young child just before they hit the ground

“The only thing that was going through my mind was 'Lord, let me catch this baby'”

Captain Jackie Pekrul

The heroic officer who caught the young child was Captain Scott Stroup, a third-generation firefighter.

In the clip, Stroup catches the crying baby in his arms, running away from the inferno before collapsing onto his knees.

He also caught a second older sibling just centimetres from the ground.

And Stroup wasn't the only officer who saved young children on the night of the fire on January 3.

Firefighter sinks to his knees after catching baby SCREENGRAB/DEKALB COUNTY FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT

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    Fire Captain Eric Jackson told reporters at the scene: "We were catching babies like a football — literally.

    "There were adults that were on the balcony that were dropping their babies right into our arms."

    Captain Jackie Pekrul of the DeKalb County firefighters described the moment she caught another falling child.

    "I got halfway up there and here comes a baby into my arms," she said.

    "The only thing that was going through my mind was 'Lord, let me catch this baby'."

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