Playing with lives: Over 4,000 Delhi government schools at fire risk

There are 56 fire stations in Delhi, which house 150 fire engines and 1,300 fire fighters.

Recently, the capital witnessed a major fire in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj area where over 1,000 hutments were reduced to ashes.

In another incident, an old age home in the same area was completely gutted due to a fire caused by a short circuit. The incident killed two senior citizens and left many injured.

To tackle such cases of fire, the DFS currently has five Innova cars well-equipped with fire fighting measures, and also a few motorbikes.

On being asked how well-equppied the DFS is with latest technologies to tackle the growing incidents of fire, Sharma stated that the department has all the latest equipment, which can easily handle fire incidents of any kind.

"We have aerial platform ladders, hydraulic cutting tools, chemical tanks, light vans, foam, rescue tenders and many more such equipments. We are in no way less than the fire fighting teams of western nations", Sharma asserted.