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Firefighters battled the blaze at the asylum seeker home where 83 people jumped to safety from the windows in Bad Homburg, Germany, on Sunday evening.

Five people were injured in the fire as rescue crews descended on the scene.

One person hit his head when he missed a landing mat and four others suffered smoke inhalation.

One man jumped from a window in a bid to save his own life before other residents were rescued by fire crews, local reports revealed.