A fire broke out at a seven-storey building in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday, an official said on Tuesday (December 9), with 20 people confirmed dead.

The fire has been extinguished and efforts were continuing to find more possible victims inside the building, Susatyo Purnomo Condro, the head of Central Jakarta police, told reporters.

Some people were seen escaping from the high floors of the burning building using portable ladders.

Footage broadcast by Kompas TV showed dozens of firefighters evacuating the people inside, and some were carrying body bags from the building.

The fire erupted on the first floor at around midday, Condro said, and then spread to the upper floors. Some of the employees were having lunch in the building at the time while others had left the office, he said.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll had reached 20, he added.

The building is the office of Terra Drone Indonesia, which provides drones for aerial survey activities with clients in the mining to agriculture sectors.

The company is the Indonesian unit of Japanese drone firm Terra Drone Corporation, according to the company's website.

Both companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment via email.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF BUILDING BURNING

2. VARIOUS OF SMOKE EMANATING FROM BUILDING AS PEOPLE DESCEND ON LADDER

3. PEOPLE WAITING AT ROOFTOP FOR THEIR TURN TO GO DOWN

4. VARIOUS OF PERSON GOING DOWN LADDER

5. THICK SMOKE RISING FROM BUILDING

6. PERSON ON LADDER

7. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS PREPARING THEIR EQUIPMENT

8. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS AND PEOPLE MANAGING WATER HOSE

9. SMOKE RISING FROM BURNT AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS

10. VARIOUS OF BROKEN WINDOWS AND SMOKE RISING

11. VARIOUS OF PERSON DESCENDING ON LADDER

12. SURVIVOR BEING BROUGHT TO AMBULANCE

13. SMOKE RISING FROM BUILDING / FIREFIGHTERS AT SCENE

14. VARIOUS OF PARAMEDICS TAKING CARE OF INJURED VICTIMS

15. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) SURVIVOR WHO WORKS IN BUILDING, DIMITRI, SAYING:

"There was a battery explosion on the first floor. We were on the fifth floor. At that time, we had already prepared our belongings to go downstairs, but then we saw smoke coming from below. We went upstairs to get some air, so we went to the rooftop. We stayed on the rooftop for quite a long time, about half an hour. The smoke was billowing, and we couldn't do anything anymore."

16. DIMITRI SITTING AND DRINKING WATER

17. VARIOUS OF WOMEN CRYING

18. VARIOUS OF PARAMEDICS TREATING VICTIMS

19. FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE ENGINES AT SCENE

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (KOMPAS TV - No Use Indonesia)

20. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) HEAD OF CENTRAL JAKARTA POLICE, SUSATYO PURNOMO CONDRO SAYING:

"Currently, 20 victims have been successfully evacuated (bodies retrieved), consisting of five men and 15 women."

21. PARAMEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS CARRYING BODY IN BAG

22. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) HEAD OF CENTRAL JAKARTA POLICE, SUSATYO PURNOMO CONDRO SAYING:

"Now, we are still focusing on evacuating victims and to do fire cooling."

23. BODY ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCE / BODY BEING BROUGHT INTO HOSPITAL ON STRETCHER