Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaBalasore, also written Baleswar, is the district headquarters town of Balasore district on the Odisha coast near the West Bengal border, and the district includes the Nilagiri area to the west. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town and the district.
Checked 28 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Odisha single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 101: State fire number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Free emergency ambulance service in Odisha · 100: Also reachable through 112
Print the Balasore 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 Balasore 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 28 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On 28 October 2026 at a filling station at Baligohiri in Nilagiri, workers were cutting open an old fuel tank when sparks reportedly lit leftover fumes. The blast threw the tank lid and a worker standing nearby died; police detained four people, including the owner and manager, and we cover it in a case study.
In September 2024 the Subarnarekha put more than 250 villages under water in five blocks, including Bhograi, Jaleswar, Basta and Baliapal. In early July 2025 about 60 villages were still affected and two people had died.
During Cyclone Dana in October 2024 more than 1.5 lakh people were moved out of 12 blocks, three municipalities and two NACs of the district. The coast takes cyclones and heavy rain, so know your shelter before the warning arrives.
On 2 June 2023 about 7 pm three trains collided near Bahanaga Bazar station in this district, and about 290 people died with hundreds hurt. Reports differ on the toll and the sequence, but the lesson for rail travellers and local helpers is the same: call 112 and keep the track side clear for rescue crews.
On 19 January 2025 a gas leak from an LPG cylinder set a sweet shop kitchen on fire near Nilagiri block chowk, and three people were burned. Small food shops with cylinders, thatch or tin sheds and one door are a repeat risk in town and bazaar areas.
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