THIS is the shocking moment a fire rips through a skyscraper – as high-tech drones swoop in to battle the blaze.

Multiple firefighting drones swarm the 500ft building in southeastern China during an intense fire drill.

The fire drill took place in a skyscraper in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, according to the country’s state news agency, Xinhua.

Dramatic footage from June 24 shows flames sweeping through multiple floors as thick smoke billows around the building.

Red drones are seen blasting water or foam at the building with force.

Each one appears to be targeting a different floor and spraying at a sharp horizontal angle.

Made of carbon fiber, these drones can carry up to 770 pounds of foam or water, spraying it as far as 100 feet.

They operate at altitudes over 656 feet and can run continuously thanks to a tethered power and fluid supply.

The drill was aimed at “testing the efficiency of high-tech firefighting methods and improving response time,” according to the state news agency.

Posting a video of the drill on Facebook, Xinhua writes: “Next-level firefighting in China’s Shenzhen! In a major fire drill, tethered drones took on a blazing high-rise facade!”

It’s unclear whether the building on fire was built specifically for safety drills, has been abandoned or is currently in use as an office or apartment block.

But this is just one of several recent innovations coming out of China.

It comes as China recently put out to sea the world’s largest cargo ship.

The 1,310-ft-long vessel is said to be capable of holding a whopping 220,000 tonnes of goods and stacking 24,000 containers.

Footage shows the monstrous vessel – built in just 17 months – ripping through the ocean.

Named the CMA CGM SEINE, the vessel was delivered from its Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai in April.

The ship has a fuel bunker with a capacity of 18,600 cubic metres of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas), allowing it to travel nearly 20,000 nautical miles when fully loaded.

While dubbed the “sea monster”, this ship is actually more environmentally friendly than traditional oil-powered vessels.

It emits 20 percent less carbon dioxide, 85 percent fewer nitrogen oxides and 99 percent less particulate matter and sulphur oxides.

China’s goal in building these giants vessels is reportedly to reduce logistic costs, make global shipping greener and increase its connectivity to other parts of the world.