A WORKER was engulfed in flame after he ran into a burning factory - to retrieve his mobile phone.

Horrifying mobile phone footage shows the man stumble out of a blazing hookah pipe factory in east China covered head-to-toe in fire.

4 This still image from mobile phone footage shows the extent of the blaze Credit: Pear Video

4 The burning figure emerges from the inferno Credit: Pear Video

His fellow workers rush over and blast him with a fire extinguisher and, apparently in shock, he immediately stands up afterwards despite his injuries.

The injured man is seen stumbling around in his badly charred clothes.

Chinese media reported that he is still in intensive care but is in a stable condition, Pear Video reports.

Bosses at the China Hookah Manufacturing Company said that the worker was one of the first to flee the flames but returned when he realised he had left his mobile phone.

The cause of the December 11 fire at the factory, located in Ningbo of Zhejiang Province, is still not known.

City officials posted a notice on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform similar to Twitter, confirming that firefighters extinguished the fire after a two-hour battle.

4 His colleagues put him out with fire extinguishers Credit: Pear Video

4 The man was seen suffering from horrific injuries in the moments after the fire was put out

Last month a street performer accidentally sets his face alight — at a celebration for a beard oil company.

Onlookers including can be heard screaming as his long beard catches light during the firebreathing show.

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He was filmed taking a massive swig of paraffin before the crowd in Belfast counted him down for a dramatic finale.

But the trick, which he described as the “most dangerous in the world if not done properly", backfired when spilled fuel ignited his beard, and flames engulfed his entire head.