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A Siberian firefighter, in the city of Magadan, trying to reach people trapped in a building is sent tumbling down the ladder after being hit by a chunk of snow falling from the roof while smoke is coming out of the windows. Thankfully, the firefighters were able to save a child, carrying the kid down the ladder.

I was on the edge of my seat as this firefighter was rescued at the last possible moment as he hung outside the 4th or 5th floor of this high rise and fire burned around him.

The video below shows an unchecked fire growing in size at an apartment complex in Russia. The fire appears to have started on the 4th floor and then spreads to up to the 5th floor and eventually down to the 3rd floor.

Moscow CNN -- Four people were killed Saturday and more than 43 others were injured, four critically, after a Russian passenger jet caught fire shortly before takeoff, authorities said.One of the engines aboard the Tu-154B-2 caught fire as the plane taxied toward the runway in Russia's Siberian city of Surgut, Russia's Investigation Committee said in a statement on its website. The blaze quickly spread throughout the cabin, forcing passengers to evacuate as the aircraft became engulfed in flames.

The video shows volunteers (not firefighters as far as I know) who were delivering water and other supplies to other villages on the other side of the fire. The fire is the largest in the regions history.