India, Dec. 12 -- The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) on Thursday began field inspections across hotels, nightclubs and restaurants in the national capital to assess the functional status of their fire safety systems in the wake of the Goa nightclub blaze that claimed 25 lives.
DFS teams fanned out across multiple zones, checking whether establishments had minimum firefighting equipment, functional alarms, marked escape routes and trained staff capable of responding to an emergency.
This comes days after the Delhi Government directed the fire department to intensify verification of public assembly premises ahead of the Christmas and New Year rush.
According to DFS data, 52 hotels in Delhi currently possess valid Fire Safety Certificates, while...