The officials said that 14 fire tenders and five teams were pressed into service. “We rescued 16 people during the operation. If a tanker is not full, it is not released from the station. It is always checked when it leaves from station…There was a central minister at the spot who appreciated our effort,” said the official. The first fire tender which reached East Delhi’s Vivek Vihar where a fire at a residential building on Sunday claimed nine lives was “only half-filled, while the second arrived late and the escape ladders brought by the team were short in height,” according to sources in the Delhi government. Amid allegations of “lapses” in the initial response, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has called a high-level meeting on Wednesday with the District Magistrate, Delhi Fire Services, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Police, Urban Development department and other departments concerned. She will also review Delhi’s preparedness for summer at the meeting.…