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Vishal Mega Mart Fire: A fire broke out in Vishal Mega Mart at Karol Bagh area, New Delhi on Friday, creating chaos at the crowded shopping complex. Soon after the fire incident, at least 13 fire tenders reached the spot and initiated a dousing operation. Police controled the situation and cordoned the affected area as soon as the fire incident took place in the busy market.

Fire At Delih AIIMS Trauma Centre

The fire incident at the Vishal Mega Mart comes a day after a blast took place in a transformer located near the Trauma Centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). A Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said no one was injured in the incident.

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"We received a call regarding a blast and a fire in an electric transformer at the AIIMS Trauma Centre at 3:34 pm. We rushed eight fire tenders to the spot. The fire was was doused by 3:55 pm. No one was injured," DFS chief Atul Garg said in a statement. No immediate reaction was available from the AIIMS.

Delhi Govt Plans To Relieve Fire Service of Inspection

Meanwhile, the Delhi government is planning to relieve the Delhi Fire Service of the responsibilities of carrying out inspections and issuing NOCs to let them focus on their core job -- firefighting, officials said on Friday.

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Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena, along with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, chaired a high-level meeting on June 30 to review the status and progress of various aspects related to the flagship schemes, 'Ease of Doing Business' and 'Maximum Governance - Minimum Government', during which he issued a slew of directions, officials added.

One of them pertained to easing the workload of Delhi Fire Service. The Delhi government recently simplified the licensing process by exempting swimming pools, eating houses, hotels, motels, guest houses, discotheques, video game parlours, amusement parks and auditoriums from the need for licences by the Delhi Police, to allow the force to focus on issues related to law and order in the national capital.

"On similar lines, we are planning to simplify the job for the Delhi Fire Service by taking away the job of inspections and issuing NOCs. Carrying out inspections is a municipal job. We are discussing and working on a proposal for it. There is no qualitative work involved in inspections," said an official.

The government is examining whether it can rope in a third party to conduct inspections and issue NOCs or transfer the job to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

(With agencies inputs)