A junk shop was destroyed while an auto workshop suffered substantial losses in an afternoon fire along Jalan Tan Sri Teh Ewe Lim near here today.

State Fire and Rescue operations officer M. Vijayan said quick action by firefighters who arrived within eight minutes of a distress call at 1.52 pm, managed to prevent the fire from spreading to a petrol station located about 15 metres from the scene.

"More than 29 personnel in three fire trucks from the Jalan Perak and Paya Terubong fire stations, assisted by volunteer firefighters managed to tame the blaze in 20 minutes.

"There are no fatalities and we are investigating the cause and the estimated losses," he told reporters when met at the scene today.