Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaBahraich lies in north-eastern Uttar Pradesh, close to the border with Nepal, with the Ghaghra and the Sarju as its major rivers. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations listed for the district and the main local risks on one page, with the August 2020 floods, a rice mill fire and a highway crash fire as dated examples.
Checked 4 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number for Uttar Pradesh. Works from any phone · 101: Fire service. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Emergency ambulance, 102 is also listed. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Police, also reachable through 112
Print the Bahraich 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 Bahraich 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 4 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
In early August 2020 at least 61 villages in Kaisarganj, Mahsi and Mihipurva tehsils went under water and about 1.5 lakh people were affected, after about 3.15 lakh cusec was released into the rivers on 2 August from the Sharda, Girijapuri and Saryu barrages. The Ghaghra stood 108 cm above the danger mark at Elgin Bridge, and the district set up 23 flood posts and put 179 boats and NDRF teams to work.
On 3 August 2020 officials said at least eight people had died in 24 hours in floods in Balrampur and Bahraich, with the Ghaghra and Saryu above the danger level at several points. Officials gave different breakdowns of where the deaths happened, and police, NDRF and SSB teams helped with rescue.
On 25 April 2025 a fire broke out in the upper section of a rice mill in the district, and eight workers who went up to look at smoke near a dryer unit were overcome by thick toxic fumes. Five died on the spot and three were critically injured; two fire tenders reached the mill.
On 27 April 2026 police said a vehicle carrying machinery hit a cement-laden trailer head-on on a highway near Assam Chauraha, and both caught fire. Two drivers trapped in their cabins died and one person was seriously injured.
3 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Bahraich Fire Station | Bahraich district · Bahraich | Call 101 |
| Mihi Purwa Fire Station | Bahraich district · Mihinpurwa | Call 101 |
| Nanpara Fire Station | Bahraich district · Nanpara | Call7839861627 |
Three fire stations are listed for Bahraich district on a state fire service list checked on 4 November 2026: Bahraich, Mihi Purwa and Nanpara. Bahraich and Mihi Purwa share one number, so no phone is shown for them, and Nanpara is well outside the city. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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