A fire broke out on the 10th floor of Tower 2 of the Bukit Aman police headquarters this evening.

This was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department.

"The fire was on the 10th floor of the old tower. We received a distress call at 5.20pm," the spokesperson told Malaysiakini .

Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar later tweeted confirming the fire.

He said that nobody was injured in the incident and the cause of the fire is being investigated.

In a subsequent tweet, the police chief said only unimportant documents were destroyed in the fire.

"Stop the rumours," he said in response to those linking it to the 1MDB investigation.

It is learnt that the Narcotics Department and Criminal Investigations Department were affected.

Photographs of the blaze have since gone viral on social media.

A total of 24 fire and rescue personnel were dispatched to the scene and the blaze was brought under control by 7.47pm.

The personnel were from the Hang Tuah, Sentul and Titiwangsa Fire and Rescue Department stations.

The fire was completely put out by 8pm.

The cause of the fire and total damages have yet to be determined.