Chemical factory fire, October 2025
At about 5 am on 21 October 2025, a fire broke out at a chemical factory near Barrackpore, with explosions heard and smoke visible from far away. At least 15 fire tenders were sent, and no casualty was reported.
City safety guide
Barrackpore Fire and Emergency Safety Guide
Barrackpore lies on the east bank of the Hooghly in North 24 Parganas, in the Kolkata metro belt. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the official fire stations and the main local risks on one page.
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112: Single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance. Works from any phone · 101: The state fire service number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 112: No ambulance number for this district was found on an opened official page, so ask for an ambulance on 112 · 100: Also reachable through 112
Take these numbers with you
Print the Barrackpore 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 Barrackpore 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 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
Barrackpore emergency numbers
- 112 Emergency
- 101 Fire
- 112 Ambulance (through 112)
- 100 Police
- 033-25011184 Lalkuthi Fire Station
Latest incidents in Barrackpore
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Local risks in Barrackpore
Dye factory blaze in Khardah
On the same morning a dye factory in Khardah, also in North 24 Parganas, caught fire, and stored chemicals made it spread quickly to a neighbouring T-shirt factory. About 20 fire engines were deployed.
Illegal firecracker unit blast in Naihati
Three quick explosions at an illegal firecracker factory in Naihati, to the north, killed five workers on 3 January 2020. Burn victims were taken to hospitals in Kalyani, Barrackpore and Barasat.
Cyclone Amphan, May 2020
Amphan made landfall on 20 May 2020 and, in North 24 Parganas, killed two people and damaged up to 5,500 homes. About 2 lakh people were moved out of the district.
Fire stations in Barrackpore
20 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Lalkuthi Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · Barrackpore Chiriamore, S.N. Banerjee Road | Call033-25011184 |
| North Barrackpur Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · Ghosh Para Road, Badamtala | Call033-25935005 |
| Serampore Fire Station | Hooghly · G.T. Road, Bose Para | Call033-26628010 |
| Champdani Fire Station | Hooghly · G.T. Road, Bidyabati | Call033-26321100 |
| Rishra Fire Station | Hooghly · Maitri Path, opposite Rishra police station | Call033-26722800 |
| Konnagar Fire Station | Hooghly · G.T. Road, Hatirkul | Call033-26721301 |
| Panihati Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · 95 B.T. Road, Swadeshi More, Sodepur | Call033-25532976 |
| Bhadreswar Fire Station | Hooghly · 164 G.T. Road, Telinipara | Call033-26335320 |
| Kamarhati Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · M.M. Mitra Road, Agarpara | Call033-25531092 |
| Chandan Nagar Fire Station | Hooghly · G.T. Road, Lichutala | Call033-26836054 |
| New Barrackpore Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · beside Puratan Bazar, Agarpara | Call033-25376000 |
| Barasat Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · Ashok Colony, Nabapally | Call033-25423444 |
| Kankinara Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · Kankinara, Bhatpara | Call033-25812722 |
| Madhyamgram Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · Netaji Nagar, Madhyamgram | Call033-25386666 |
| Dankuni Fire Station | Hooghly · T.N. Mukherjee Road | Call033-26592020 |
| Uttarpara Fire Station | Hooghly · A.D. Paul Road | Call033-26636157 |
| Baranagar Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · 282 D.P. Sasmal Avenue, PWD Road | Call033-25102101 |
| Bally Fire Station | Howrah · 401 G.T. Road, near Bally Kedarnath Hospital | Call033-26467777 |
| Birati Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · Jessore Road, Birati Crossing | Call033-25902101 |
| Dum Dum Fire Station | North 24 Parganas · 44 Dr. Sailen Das Sarani, Post Office Road | Call033-25513017 |
Stations are from the West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services list opened on 15 November 2026, those within about 15 km of the centre. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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Read moreBarrackpore at a glance
- Where it is
- Barrackpore is in North 24 Parganas, with the Hooghly on its western side
- Population
- About 1.53 lakh in the Census 2011 figure for the municipality
- Official fire stations
- 20 listed within this guide's 15 km circle, including Lalkuthi and North Barrackpur
- Metro area
- Part of the Kolkata urban agglomeration in the 2011 Census
- Emergency system
- Dial 112; fire is 101 and police 100
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