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Manju Shettar ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: With the early onset of summer, the fire and emergency service has already started receiving over 25 fire calls a day. Fire officials said that they are well equipped to fight any emergency and have made additional arrangements to prevent incidents that normally occur during summer. We have given instructions to the forest staff to prevent forest fires and we have also taken additional precautionary measures.”He said, “We have directed building owners to always stock sufficient water. “In some areas, local residents set fire to garbage and it spreads to neighbouring buildings, causing major fire accidents. BBMP officials have been asked to fence such places to prevent easy access to water bodies, he said..