A couple died after they desperately jumped from their seventh-floor flat with their baby son in an attempt to flee an inferno.

Luiz Evaldo Lima, Graciane Rosa de Oliveira and their two-month-old son Léo Oliveira de Lima ‘died instantly’ yesterday while trying to escape the blaze that broke out at their residence in Brazil.

The cause of the fire in the block of flats in Valparaíso de Goiás, near Brasília, is under investigation. But according to an anonymous witness, the flames spread ‘very quickly and violently’.

The fire brigade evacuated residents from the block and 15 people were taken to local hospitals with smoke inhalation symptoms. 

Two other people, including Graciane’s mother, were rescued from the couple’s flat on Tuesday morning. The other individual is believed to be an upholsterer. 

Felipe Ferreira, who lives in the neighbouring building, recalled: ‘We saw a couple with a child at the seventh-floor window.

‘We started shouting for them not to jump, but the flames quickly engulfed them.

‘In the end, they jumped and died instantly.’

Capt Fábio José Rodrigues of the Goiás Fire Department told local media: ‘They died out of desperation.’

Maj. Maurício Correia of the Goiás Fire Department speculated: ‘It could have been something that exploded and affected the gas pipes.’

Graciane, 35, was an eyelash technician and Luiz, 28, was a waiter, as reported by NeedToKnow.

The couple first met in 2019 at the wholesaler where Luiz worked at the time.

Graciane also had a seven-year-old daughter, who was at school when the fire ripped through the building’s seventh floor. She is now with her grandparents.