Man escapes fire by jumping out window onto trampoline

By Iman Mohsin

This is the dramatic moment a man escaped a burning building by jumping onto a trampoline.

The man - named only as Arian - was sitting at his computer in Teningen, Germany when he noticed the strong smell of smoke.

He then opened his door to find the stairwell already filled with thick black fumes.

With no safe way out, he climbed out of his window and hurled himself onto a trampoline that neighbors had quickly placed beneath him.

Video shows Arian carefully climbing onto the windowsill before leaping down - bouncing hard on the trampoline as neighbors rush to help.

He landed safely and escaped without injury, but two rooms and the balcony of the flat were destroyed in the June 2024 blaze.

The rest of the apartment was badly damaged by smoke and water - and the flat below was also impacted by flooding from the efforts to put out the flames

The cause of the fire remains unclear.