City safety guide

Agra Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Agra is known for the Taj Mahal, but it is also a city of shoe factories that use solvent adhesives every day, and the Yamuna rises into its low-lying colonies after heavy rain. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with a past fire from Agra.

Checked 20 Oct 2026 against official sources. Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone

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44deaths reported

0injured reported

112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 112Police

112: Uttar Pradesh single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 108: The district page lists 108 and 102 together · 112: The district page lists police as 112

Printable Agra emergency card: A4 sheet with national and local emergency numbers and cut-out wallet cards

Take these numbers with you

Print the Agra emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers. This guide has no local numbers yet, so there are blank lines to write your local fire station, police station and nearest hospital, and your family contacts.

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Checked 20 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.

Latest incidents in Agra

Agra Shoe Factory Fire 2002: What Went Wrong at Shreeji International24 May 2002 · 44 dead

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Local risks in Agra

Shoe units and solvent adhesives

On 24 May 2002, a fire at the Shreeji International shoe factory in Jeoni Mandi killed 44 workers; 30 to 40 drums of flammable adhesive stood near the main staircase. In June 2026, another shoe factory near Dhakri ke Mahal in Jagdishpura caught fire and several fire engines were sent, according to Navbharat Live.

Locked stairs and meshed windows

In the Shreeji fire, the second staircase was kept behind a locked iron gate and the back-room windows had wire mesh, so 60 to 70 workers could not get out, as per the fire-service presentation. Any workroom needs a second way out that opens from inside.

Fire cover and response time

In 2002, the call reached Idgah fire station at 10:32 am and the first appliances arrived at 10:45 am, from a station about 7 km away. The state fire service now lists seven stations for Agra.

Yamuna floods

In September 2025, the Yamuna rose beyond the danger mark in Agra, reached the walls of the Taj Mahal again and flooded homes along the banks, according to News Arena. A local historian said the river was at the same levels as in 2023.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101 and 108 in your phone today, along with the relief helpline 1070 and the gas leakage helpline 1906. We could not confirm an Agra fire control room line, so call 101 or 112.
In a shoe or leather unit, keep adhesive and thinner drums in a separate, ventilated store away from stairs and doors, and keep the floor strictly no-smoking.
Walk to every staircase gate at the start of a shift and check it opens without a key; mesh or grills on windows must open from inside.

Check the date tag on each extinguisher and send expired ones for refilling, and have each shift practise using one.
When the Yamuna crosses the danger mark, move belongings upstairs in low-lying colonies and stay off the ghats and riverbanks.
Cool the burn under cool, clean running water for 20 minutes. Even 10 minutes helps if that's all you can manage. No ice, toothpaste, oil or butter.

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Agra at a glance

Fire stations: 7 listed for Agra by Uttar Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services
Distance from Delhi: 206 km south, on the Yamuna (district website)
World Heritage Sites: Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri
Shreeji International fire: 24 May 2002: 44 workers killed in Jeoni Mandi
Emergency system: Uttar Pradesh 112; the district lists 101 for fire, 1070 for relief and 1906 for gas leaks