A steelworker has killed himself by jumping into a furnace at a Chinese factory after he lost £6,000 in one day on the stock market.
Wang Long, 34, was captured on CCTV throwing himself into the molten vat of steel at the factory where he worked in Baotou, Inner Mongolia.
A haunting still image shows him silhouetted against the fiery well moments before he hurled himself inside, causing red leaping flames and black smoke to billow out.
His employer Baogang Group confirmed that Wang's death was believed to be related to a 'large amount of losses' and that he 'could not repay his heavy debts.'