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IAF helps douse massive fire in Delhi's Malviya Nagar

An Indian Air Force chopper with Bambi bucket today helped douse the massive fire in Delhi's Malviya Nagar. Around midnight yesterday, a request was sent to the headquarter of the Western Air Command to contain the fire at Malviya Nagar. Accordingly, an MI 17 chopper with a Bambi bucket reached the spot to contain the raging fire.

Bambi bucket is a specialised bucket suspended on a cable carried by a chopper to deliver water for aerial firefighting. This was the first time that Bambi operation was carried out in an urban area wherein the nitty-gritty of the drop are precisely given high-rise buildings and the possibilities of collateral damage.

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