Dramatic footage shows staff leaping from windows as fire rips through Russian hospital

Dramatic footage has shown hospital staff leaping from the windows as a rips through a hospital, with at least two people reportedly injured.

The clip shows one woman in a pink coat leaping two storeys from Central Hospital Number 3 in Yekaterinburg, east of the Ural Mountains, landing on a balcony before being helped down by man who also appear to be treating a casualty.

To the left, thick black smoke can be seen billowing high into the sky as fierce flames rage.

Others can be seen framed in the windows from where the woman jumped.

A post on the It'sMyCity Telegram channel said: " on the roof of a polyclinic extinguished The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Sverdlovsk Region reported that it had localised the fire.

"Its area had grown to 300 square metres; 350 people were able to get outside on their own, 48 people and 16 units of equipment are working at the scene.

"The Ministry of Emergency Situations has not reported any casualties."

Nevertheless, it added: "E1 published a photo from the scene of the fire, where the fire on the roof is no longer visible. The publication also reports at least two injured workers.

"They were lowered to the ground. One worker is unconscious, KP-Ekaterinburg claims."

The Ministry of Emergency Situations subsequently said reported the fire had been extinguished, and did not report any casualties.