A large fire sweeps through a string of shops and homes in Kampung Kerinchi, Bangsar.

KUALA LUMPUR: A restaurant, a workshop and several houses have been badly damaged after a blazed ripped through the area near the Vista Angkasa apartment complex in Kampung Kerinchi, Bangsar.

The fire that broke out at around 3.32pm on Thursday also left more than 50 motorcycles and five cars destroyed after the workshop they were in was engulfed in flames.

Pantai Fire and Rescue Department chief Hamid Daud said 33 firemen from the Pantai and Hang Tuah fire stations were deployed to battle the blaze.

Hamid said the fire had spread quickly but they managed to control the flames within an hour.

He added no injuries had been reported and investigations on the cause of the fire is currently underway.

Salah satu restoran yg turut terbabit dgn kebakaran ini... @501Awani pic.twitter.com/IznCcbF17a
— HilalAzmi (@HilalAzmi) February 13, 2014

Pihak Bomba masih bertungkus lumus memadamkan kebakaran. @501Awani pic.twitter.com/RU94XllRH0
— HilalAzmi (@HilalAzmi) February 13, 2014

Kejadian kebakaran 8 bengkel di Kerinchi.. @501Awani pic.twitter.com/hN9IqWm5zv
— HilalAzmi (@HilalAzmi) February 13, 2014

The fire at Kerinchi / Bangsar South ...a motor workshop there it seems pic.twitter.com/p1E4Wcxcxn
— BMahendran (@bmahendran) February 13, 2014

Kebakaran di Kerinchi pic.twitter.com/JYVo3JeMZJ
— Solihin Ressang (@solihinressang) February 13, 2014

satu lagi kebakaran di kerinchi, kedai moto aziba langsai hmmm pic.twitter.com/xNM8aVLHsc
— EN (@emmyjuly95) February 13, 2014

sebelah banggunan depan vista yang terbakar hari tu!!!!! cepat je api naik pic.twitter.com/Fm9DHRAzs1
— uminomi (@umisalmah) February 13, 2014

Haritu kat area sama gak Flat terbakar rasanya RT @NoreenHadzim: Something is burning here.. Bangsar South. pic.twitter.com/H8yD1AGJ8t
— Zul Azri (@zulazry) February 13, 2014

hari tu kat flat sblh tu yg terbakar. RT @TMCorp: OMG. There's a huge fire near Bangsar South.Hope everybody is okay. pic.twitter.com/yTLOL72tLi
— FiqrieSkeleton™ (@FiqrieSkeleton) February 13, 2014