New Delhi, May 27 -- After recent fire incidents at police station malkhanas (storerooms) and a spike in blazes across the city amid soaring temperatures, Delhi Police have started procuring "ball-shaped fire extinguishers" for police stations as well as patrolling and emergency response vans to enable quick firefighting, senior officers aware of the move said on Tuesday.

In the first phase, the devices are being installed in police stations across eight districts - east, northeast, Shahdara, central, north, northwest, outer-north and Rohini - falling under Zone-1 of the city police. Stations in the remaining seven districts under Zone-2 will also get the devices soon, officers said.

Each police station in the eight districts is getting...