JAKARTA: At least 340 residents from 114 families have been displaced after a fire destroyed 52 houses in a densely populated residential neighbourhood in Central Jakarta.

Senen district head Erik A.P. in a report published on the Jakarta provincial government's website said authorities had established two temporary shelters for affected residents in the district.

According to local media reports, the fire broke out along Jalan Kramat Pulo Dalam II in Kramat urban village, Senen district, about 6.30pm local time on Thursday.

No casualties were reported, while police were investigating the cause of the fire, with an electrical short circuit initially suspected, the reports said.