Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaAsansol is the headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman, a steel and coal district, and Jamuria and Burnpur sit inside the same municipal corporation. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, from plant and colliery accidents to Damodar floods, with past incidents from the Asansol area.
Checked 21 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Police, fire, medical and accident help in West Bengal. For any medical emergency, call 112. You can also SMS or use the 112 India app. · 101: Fire and Emergency Services, West Bengal · 108: National ambulance number. For any medical emergency, call 112 first · 100: Asansol control room, also reachable through 112
Print the Asansol emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers, and the Asansol fire, disaster and civic numbers from this guide. There are blank lines for your family contacts and the nearest hospital.
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Checked 21 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On the night of 17 October 2026, a chimney under construction collapsed at the Shyam SEL sponge iron plant in the Ikra industrial area, Jamuria. Five workers were pulled out of the rubble, four were declared dead and the fifth was admitted to a private hospital in Durgapur; police are looking at the construction and safety arrangements and no cause has been announced. We cover it in a case study.
At about 4 am on 6 May 2017, molten iron fell on contract workers in the steel melting shop of SAIL's IISCO plant at Burnpur, and two of them, aged 25 and 23, died on the spot. SAIL's first view was that steel spilled from a ladle being placed on the caster turret, and it set up an enquiry committee.
On 14 May 2026, an air blast in Section 27 of the Parashia colliery at Jamuria brought down part of an underground wall around 10.30 am. One worker died and at least 15 were injured, several of them contract labourers, and unions alleged safety lapses while a detailed inquiry began.
At about 2 am on 29 June 2025, a fire that began on the ground floor of a house in Asansol killed three members of a family, and a fourth person was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Police believed a short circuit caused it, and neighbours and guards from a nearby complex tried to put it out until a fire tender arrived.
On 18 August 2026, All India Radio reported an alert for the lower Damodar basin in Paschim Bardhaman after the DVC released excess water from the Maithon and Panchet reservoirs. Flood-like situations were reported in Asansol and Burnpur, but the report gave no figures.
4 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Asansol Fire Station | Asansol | Call 101 |
| Durgapur Fire Station | Durgapur | Call 101 |
| Raniganj Fire Station | Raniganj | Call 101 |
| Panagarh Fire Station | Panagarh | Call 101 |
Station names for Paschim Bardhaman. No phone is printed because the published address and phone details do not match the station names, and Jamuria, Kulti and Burnpur have no entry. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first.
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