Fire razes ground floor of Brickfields eatery, two women taken to hospital on Deepavali morning

A pre-dawn fire broke out on the ground floor of a restaurant in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur early on Deepavali on November 8, 2026 that also injured two women aged 24 and 34. — Screenshots from Facebook/Waqar Bhat

By Malay Mail

First Published: Sunday, 08 Nov 2026 11:18 AM MYT

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — Two women were injured when a fire tore through a two-storey restaurant along Jalan Tun Sambanthan in Brickfields early this morning.

The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department’s operations centre received the emergency call at 3.04am.

The blaze destroyed the entire ground floor of the restaurant and about half of the upper floor, the department said in a statement.

Two women, aged 24 and 34, suffered injuries, with one sustaining injuries to her right hand and the other a broken left arm, the statement said.

They were given initial treatment before being taken to Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

A fire gutted the ground floor of a double-storey restaurant along Jalan Tun Sambanthan in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of Deepavali on n November 8, 2026 that also injured two women aged 24 and 34. — Picture by the Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Fire Department via Bernama

Thirty-five firefighters and nine fire engines from the Hang Tuah, Pantai and Seputeh fire stations were deployed to battle the fire.

The cause of the fire and the estimated losses are still being investigated.