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Onlookers catch two children who jump to escape fire in France

A toddler and his 10-year-old sibling leapt from a window of an apartment block in Grenoble as black smoke billowed from their home.

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Two young brothers have been rescued from a burning apartment block after jumping from a third-floor window to a crowd below, reports Sky News.

Dramatic footage shows the moment one of the boys hangs from the window in Grenoble, southeastern France, as black smoke billows from his home.

He then drops down to a crowd which had screamed for him to jump.

A second boy then leaps from the apartment block before being caught by the group.

Read more of this report from Sky News.