China has unveiled a new firefighting drone that can put out a blazing high-rise building within minutes.

Video shows six drones were deployed in the air as they extinguished the 10-storey block covered in smoke during a drill.

The huge fire was under control within 10 minutes and completely put out in less than 15 minutes, according to the local press.

China has unveiled a new firefighting drone that can put out a blazing high-rise building within minutes. The picture shows the drones putting out the fire in Chongqing

Video shows six drones were deployed in the air as they extinguished the 10-storey block covered in smoke during a drill . Two of the drones are pictured during the exercise

The firefighting drone can lift 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of weights and rise to 100 metres (328 feet) within 10 seconds, said Cao Bing, chairman of Guofei General Aviation Equipment Manufacturing.

Mr Cao said the powerful device can also remain airborne for 20 minutes.

The fire in the exercise was created using five tons of firewood, 300 kilograms (661 pounds) of heating oil and 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of gasoline.

The drone can lift 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of weights and rise to 100 metres (328 feet) within 10 seconds, said Cao Bing, chairman of Guofei General Aviation Equipment Manufacturing

'In the past, we only considered using drones individually to extinguish a fire, which wasn't ideal,' Mr Cao told the press.

'Also, in some situations when the fire truck cannot enter [the scene] quick enough. The drone can lift up the hose pipes to save time for the rescue.

'Experiments have demonstrated [drones] working in groups can quickly seize a large fire and improve the initial rescue efforts,' Mr Cao added.

The manufacturer said they plan to officially introduce the devices to the public in the summer this year after improving its accuracy of controls and ability to work in groups.

The fire drill took place on January 20 in the Chongqing city of south-western China.

The manufacturer said they plan to officially introduce the devices to the public in the summer this year after improving its accuracy of controls and ability to work in groups

Drones have been widely adopted to help firefighters tackle blazing buildings and wildland fire. The picture shows the blazing building during the fire drill in Chongqing, China

Drones have been widely adopted to help firefighters tackle blazing buildings and wildland fire.

They can be sent to fire locations as scouts, using cameras with thermal imaging technology to help first responders in their rescue efforts.

Firefighters in the U.S. have been using drones for emergency scenarios such as rescuing survivors and putting out fires.

London Fire Brigade also uses drones to help improve their responses to incident and access areas which are unsafe for firefighters.