A premises that were divided to make five small houses in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur caught fire earlier tonight and saw firefighters racing to control the blaze from spreading to nearby houses.

According to a statement from Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department, they received a call on the incident at 8.19pm and dispatched 36 firefighters to the scene together with five fire engines and a water tanker.

As of 9.30pm, the firefighters were...