India, June 28 -- The fire department in Ghaziabad has issued notices to about 125 coaching centres out of 150 inspected till Friday for failing to comply with fire safety norms, an official said on Saturday.

A drive to inspect fire safety at coaching centres in the city was launched on June 23, a day after a devastating building fire, housing a coaching institute, in Lucknow's Aliganj area, claimed the lives of 15 people, most of whom were students.

There are about 250 coaching centres in the city, and teams are physically inspecting them daily.

"Till Friday, we inspected about 150 coaching centres and issued notices to 125. The majority of centres had no firefighting equipment, lacked fire exits, wide exit gates, and had compartmenta...