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WARNING, DISTRESSING IMAGES: Two people died at the scene and five later died in hospital after an explosion near a kindergarten in east China's Jiangsu Province.
"You're watching them waving in the window and you know there's nothing they can do," Mr Martin told BBC radio.
He said it did not look like fire crews were able to get past the fourth floor – and spraying the building with water had not had much effect.
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"Nobody would have been able to get out from the third floor upwards without assistance from the fire crew, and I don't think fire crews would have gone up any higher than that," he said.
As the building continued to smoulder, witnesses recounted dramatic scenes, including seeing people jumping from the tower.