India, June 20 -- Most fire extinguishers in the Sector 34 Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) headquarters and the Mini Secretariat in Sector 11 - which houses key government offices - are overdue for maintenance or refill, an HT spotcheck found on Friday.

At the six-storey Mini Secretariat, which also houses the Gurugram deputy commissioner's (DC's) office, each floor is equipped with six to seven fire extinguishers. However, service tags on most units indicated that maintenance was due in February or March 2025, while a few were due for servicing in March this year.

Fire department officials said that unserviced fire extinguishers often lack the required inspection, testing, refilling, or servicing typically scheduled by a specif...