The fire, the country’s most deadly since 47 perished in a firework factory disaster in 2017, broke out at 1.45 a.m., said Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly, after visiting the scene.

“We’re working together with the relevant authorities to look into the causes of the fire and of course formulating prevention strategies so that severe catastrophes like this won’t happen again,” Yasonna said in a statement.

The minister said two of the dead were foreign nationals, from South Africa and Portugal, and confirmed the prison was operating at overcapacity when the fire broke out, Reuters reported.

Cells were locked at the time, the minister said, but with the fire raging uncontrollably several could not be opened.

Earlier on Wednesday, Rika Aprianti, a spokeswoman for the ministry’s Correctional Facilities Directorate General, said 122 prisoners were being detained on drug-related offences in the block built to hold 38.

Rika said all 41 fatalities were inmates, adding that authorities were still evacuating the facility as of 9 a.m.

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