Video of a building under construction that caught fire in Houston on Tuesday was uploaded to Youtube today. The most stunning part: a construction worker who narrowly escaped the flames.

Karen Jones, who recorded the footage from a nearby building, feared for the mans life.

When we saw his foot slip, Jones said, we thought he was going to be gone.

In the footage, a construction worker stands on an unfinished fifth floor balcony. At one point, the flames become so intense that he is forced to leap to the fourth floor balcony below.

As firefighters inch closer, the construction worker jumps from the balcony to the firefighters ladder, much to the relief of Jones and other onlookers.

As the ladder begins to retract, part of the fifth floor wall collapses and nearly lands on both men.

Fortunately, the fire was brought under control with no reports of injuries.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Sources: The Huffington Post, The Times Picayne

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Houston Fire Dept. Capt. Jake Sandlin, left, Engine Operator Dwayne Wyble , center, and Senior Capt. Brad Hawthorne, Right, eat at Goode Company, 5109 Kirby Dr., where they paid for their meals despite the restaurant offering free BBQ sandwiches all day to HFD members Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Houston. Wyble was operating the ladder that Capt. Hawthorne was on when he was captured on video rescuing a worker who was trapped by yesterday's apartment fire. Speaking about grabbing the man who jumped from a balcony onto the ladder, Capt. Hawthrone said, "just another day at the office." (Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle)

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Houston Fire Dept. Senior Capt. Brad Hawthorne eats at Goode Company, 5109 Kirby Dr., where he paid for his meal despite the restaurant offering free BBQ sandwiches all day to HFD members Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Houston. Capt. Hawthorne was captured on video rescuing a worker who was trapped by yesterday's apartment fire. Speaking about grabbing the man who jumped from a balcony onto the ladder, he said, "just another day at the office."(Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle)

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Houston Fire Department members have lunch Wednesday at Goode Company on Kirby. The restaurant is offering free barbecue sandwiches all day to Houston firefighters.

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Houston firefighters continued to douse hot spots Wednesday morning, the day after a five-alarm inferno consumed an apartment complex under construction near downtown.

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From the Magnolia Cemetery of Houston firefighters battled a large 5-alarm blaze Tuesday afternoon at an apartment building under construction on West Dallas near Montrose Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Houston. Flames engulfed the apartment complex as 200 firefighters in 80 units fought to gain an upper hand on the blaze. The five-story, 368-unit building was destroyed. No injuries were reported.

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A construction worker forced by flames onto the ledge of a Houston apartment building was rescued just as he prepared to jump to safety.

Video posted to YouTube shows one construction worker on a fourth-floor balcony, with fierce flames showing inside the building. As he was waiting for a ladder truck to come to his aid, the worker dropped down, swinging onto a balcony below.

He was eventually rescued by the ladder, just as the top-story wall fell behind him in flames.

The video, uploaded by user Karen Jones, claims to have been shot from a building on the AIG campus near the scene of the fire.

Houston Fire Department spokesman Captain Ruy Lozano told the Houston Chronicle the only people inside were construction workers, all of whom were accounted for. No injuries were reported.

Fire officials said more than 200 emergency personnel had responded to the fire at the large apartment complex under construction.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Much of the high-rise structure was reduced to rubble by wind-driven flames.

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Worker rescued from flames

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Witnesses captured video of a construction worker's escape from a burning apartment complex in Houston.

CNN's Christine Romans reports that flames engulfed the building yesterday, March 25.

In the footage, witnesses can be heard exclaiming, "Oh my God! Is that a construction guy? Yeah!"

It's a heart stopping rescue, as the construction worker is trapped on a ledge, and the building he was working in is engulfed in flames.

The footage shows the five alarm fire ravage through the Houston apartment complex, forcing the worker to cling to a ledge trying to escape the massive blaze.

Watch as the intense heat forces him to hang, and drop to a ledge below. He slips, and then regains his balance.

Witnesses captured the tense moments on camera, watching as firefighters finally reached the man and pull him onto the ladder truck just in time.

"Oh thank Jesus. Thank you, God!" A witness is heard saying.

Seconds later, the building begins to collapse just feet away from the retreating ladder.

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