Selangor fire and rescue department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the victim was one of 10 occupants of the house, Bernama reported.

He said the department received a distress call at 4.42am and 10 personnel from two fire stations arrived at the scene in under five minutes.

“The operations commander on the scene reported that the blaze involved a double-storey terrace house, with two victims believed to be trapped inside.

“The fire was brought under control at 5.05am. The boy was found burnt in a room on the upper floor, while a local man in his 30s suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital,” he said in a statement, adding that the other eight occupants escaped unharmed.

Mukhlis said that the fire, which had destroyed 85% of the house, was completely extinguished at 7am.