A pregnant woman is among at least 22 people killed after a fire tore through an office in Indonesia.
The seven-storey building in the capital, Jakarta, was engulfed by flames earlier today.
Authorities believe the fire, which broke out in the neighbourhood of Kemayoran and took three hours to extinguish, started on the first floor before spreading.
Hundreds of firefighters scrambled to the scene of the blaze, the cause of which is still under investigation.
Many workers in the building, used as a sales and storage office for a drone company, were out for lunch at the time.
Central Jakarta police chief Susatyo Purnomo Condro said a battery started sparking in a storage and testing area, according to witnesses.
The bodies of seven men and 15 women were recovered and taken to a police hospital for identification.
When asked about the possibility of more casualties, Condro added: “We will comb through the entire building again.”
‘It was tragic’
Local resident Intan Puspita, said: “I saw about 20 victims in the body bags were being evacuated from inside. It was tragic.”
TV reports showed dozens of trapped workers being evacuated from the sixth floor using an emergency ladder.
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Most of the victims died from smoke inhalation, the authorities added.
Firefighters managed to rescue at least 19 trapped workers, some of whom suffered minor injuries.
