KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — Pictures circulating on social media of a huge cloud of smoke at a shoplot area in Andalas, Klang was the result of a fire and not a car bomb as claimed by some people online.

Seri Andalas assemblyman Dr Xavier Jeyakumar, who visited the scene of the incident, said that the rumours were works of "mischievous parties.”

"I was in the area and I spoke to the Fire and Rescue officials and also the forensic team there. What happened was there was a fire in a shoplot there,” he told Malay Mail Online.

"Because the shop has plastics and styrofoam, the fire became really bad and raged outside, affecting five cars which were totally burnt,” he added.

No casualties were reported from the incident.

The rumours began spreading just as Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed that last week’s grenade attacks at a nightclub in Puchong that injured eight people is linked Islamic State (IS) terror group.