In pictures: Peru firework blaze

Firefighters in the Peruvian capital, Lima, have retrieved 240 bodies from a shopping centre gutted after fireworks triggered one of the city's worst blazes in decades.

A wall of flame swept through the packed shopping area

Firefighters said crowds of onlookers and a lack of water hampered their efforts

Some of the victims were burned alive trapped in their cars

This baby was rescued, but nearly a third of the dead were children

Traumatised relatives of the victims awaited news outside the city's morgue - which was reported to be full

Many of the bodies were charred beyond recognition