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.

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