Terrifying footage shows mum throwing kids from raging inferno

“YOUR mamma said do it. C’mon!” A terrified mother was filmed flinging her children from a burning apartment into the arms of neighbours in a harrowing Christmas Day fire.

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A TERRIFIED mother has thrown her children out of a burning apartment into the arms of neighbours below, described by witnesses as a harrowing scene.

Incredible footage shows a little boy coaxed to jump as flames engulfed an apartment complex in Birmingham, Alabama, on Christmas morning.

“The mamma was screaming, ‘My kids are in there!’ We tried to get in but it was impossible,” resident Alex Mareno toldAL.com.

Blaze ... an apartment complex in Birmingham, Alabama, was engulfed by flames on Christmas Day. Picture: Kerry Jackson

Engulfed ... the fire ignited in an upstairs room before quickly spreading to the downstairs apartment. Picture: Kerry Jackson

Video shows a neighbour with arms outstretched calling to the young boy to leap.

“Right here. Your mamma said do it. C’mon!” he shouted, as flames ripped up the stairs and through the building.

The mother also reportedly threw her young daughter out of the window to safety.

Authorities said six people were injured, two critically, in the fire which was sparked after someone left food unattended on the stove about 2am local time.

Four of the injured are children believed to be under the age of five.

Rescue ... a mother yelled to a man in the apartment below to catch her young children who jumped from the burning building. Picture: Kerry Jackson

Incredible catch ... a mother dropped two of her children into the arms of a stranger as their apartment burned. Picture: Kerry Jackson

‘I was in shock’ ... the mother tossed her children to safety. Picture: Kerry Jackson

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Matt Russell said the fire started in an upstairs unit and quickly spread to the apartment below. Four apartments were destroyed in the blaze.

Neighbour Lakeysha Robinson said someone banged on her nearby building to tell her there was a fire.

Ms Robinson said heard a woman screaming that her children were still in the apartment and begged her to catch her child.

“It was an infant girl, like a newborn,’’ she said. “That baby hit my arms hard. She threw down two kids.”

Christmas disaster ... the fire which destroyed homes was caused by unattended food left on the stove. Picture: Kerry Jackson

Authorities said one of the children — believed to be the boy who was trapped the longest — was severely burned, but is expected to survive.

“Obviously no time is a great time for a fire like this,’’ fire chief Matt Russell said. “But Christmas is particularly devastating. It’s a tragedy and a disaster for those involved.”