Woman throws toddler to safety from burning building. Viral video shows what happened next

A woman threw her toddler to safety from a burning building in the South African city of Durban during protests. The video has gone viral.

In a spine-chilling incident, a woman threw her two-year-old daughter to people down below from a burning building in the South African city of Durban during protests. A video of the moment was posted to Twitter by journalist Nomsa Maseko and has gone viral on social media. [WATCH] Toddler rescued from a fire. Looters started a fire after stealing everything from the shops on the ground floor. They then set fire to the building, affecting apartments upstairs. Neighbours caught the little girl #ShutdownKZN watch @BBCWorld for more pic.twitter.com/LTMTAa7WAz Baby Melokuhle and her mom Naledi Manyoni are doing well. We met up with them earlier @BBCWorld @ThuthukaZ pic.twitter.com/B1dkGae2iF While there are terribly terrible people, there are also good people This was very difficult to see especially the lady sitting with a broken off foot. Among the chaos, it's heartwarming to see people trying to restore humanity. I will never forget this video. I can watch this video the whole day. saving a little one. The most beautiful thing I've seen the last week. That is what hope looks like. Amazing how people can be both heroes and villains at the same time... Speaking to Reuters, Naledi Manyoni said that she was on the 16th floor when the fire started in the high-rise building on Tuesday. In order to escape, she ran down the stairs with her daughter.