The horrific footage shows the woman screaming for help whilst holding her 9-month-old child as flames burn through the ground floor of the building near the Champs-Elysées. Disturbed bystanders then spotted the woman waving through the thick black smoke on the second floor and frantically alert emergency services. Fire crew and armed police then proceed to rush into the building through the fire in a dramatic Saturday afternoon in the French capital. Related articles Yellow vest crisis: Macron urged to call STATE OF EMERGENCY France to deploy troops for Yellow Vest protests this weekend The mother-of-four and child are understood to have been saved and taken to safety by emergency services. The ground-floor of the building in question is home to banking agency Banque and was targeted by the ‘gilets jaunes’ who remain angered by tax-rises in France. More than 10,000 people marched through Paris over the weekend in the latest clash between police and protestors. A mother and child were trapped on the second floor of this burning building (Image: SWNS) Speaking over the weekend, Mr Macron said: “There are people today who try by all means to damage the Republic by breaking, by destroying things at the risk of killing someone. “Everyone who was there made themselves accomplices in this.” Mr Macron has since took his anger out on his chief of police in Paris, and fired Michel Delpuech, 66, following the carnage in the capital. Angry protestors gathered in Paris over the weekend (Image: REUTERS ) Related articles Macron uses 'LAST RESORT' chemical weapon on Yellow V protestors France in FLAMES: Macron sacks police chief after Paris riots In a bid to halt the violence French prime minister, Edouard Philippe announced a ban on all yellow vest protests being held along the Champs-Elysees avenue. The anti-government protests began as a movement four months ago against a since-scrapped fuel tax hike and the high cost of living. However the yellow vest protests have since become a broader movement against President Macron, his reforms and elitism. Even before this weekends destruction, insurance companies had registered 170 million euros of damage since the start of the yellow vest weekly marches in mid-November.All rights reserved for this news site express.co.uk and under his responsibility