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Bokaro Steel City Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Bokaro Steel City is a planned industrial township in Jharkhand, built around the Bokaro Steel Plant, with more steel works and a big dam on the Damodar in the wider district. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations and the main local risks on one page, with past incidents from the city and nearby plants.

Checked 26 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone

2incidents covered

3deaths reported

4injured reported

112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police

18003451010 Bokaro Control Room (toll free)District control room, toll-free line 06542-242402 Bokaro Control Room (landline)District control room. The district also lists 06542-247891 and 06542-223475 7050575673 District Fire Office, BokaroOffice of the district fire service, also 9304953427. For a fire, call 101 or 112 first

112: Jharkhand's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 101: Fire helpline of Bokaro district. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: State ambulance number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Also reachable through 112

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

Take these numbers with you

Print the Bokaro Steel City 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 Bokaro Steel City 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 26 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.

Latest incidents in Bokaro Steel City

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Local risks in Bokaro Steel City

Steel plant gas exposure

On 11 October 2026, two workers died after gas exposure at the ESL Steel plant at Siyaljori in Chandankiyari block, in the Bokaro district. The state chief inspector of factories said carbon monoxide appeared to be the cause but that the post-mortem and the inquiry were awaited, the district ordered a probe with a 72-hour report deadline, and the company said it would run its own inquiry; we cover it in a case study.

Pipeline fire at the Bokaro Steel Plant

On 6 April 2024, leftover residue in a shut mixed-gas pipeline caught fire during repair work at the Bokaro Steel Plant, and 23 people, some of them contract workers, were kept under observation at the general hospital after breathing smoke. There were no deaths, a gas analyser found no leakage, and the company said workers are briefed on safety rules.

Market and shop fires

On 6 September 2026 at about 6:30 am, a fire destroyed eight shops in the Sector 6 market; three fire tenders brought it under control in an hour and nobody was hurt. Officials suspected a short circuit, said some shops had tampered with their electricity connections, and noted the shops stood on encroached land.

Damodar floods below Tenughat dam

Tenughat dam on the Damodar, built in 1974, has no flood storage and is run by the Jharkhand government. On 4 August 2024, West Bengal blamed a sudden large release from it for flooding downstream, and the Damodar Valley Corporation said the discharge would fall as the rain eased.

Fire stations in Bokaro Steel City

3 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.

Station	Area	Contact
Bokaro Fire Station	Bokaro district · Bokaro	Call9304953427
Chas Fire Station	Bokaro district · Chas	Call9304953428
Tenughat Fire Station	Bokaro district · Tenughat	Call9304953400

Three district fire stations are listed for Bokaro, Chas and Tenughat, with office numbers from a 2020 list; the Bokaro line matches the district fire office number now published. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101, 100 and 108 in your phone today. The Bokaro district control room is toll free on 18003451010, and the district fire office is 7050575673.
Plant and contract workers should never enter a furnace, pipeline, tank or other confined space without a gas test, a written permit and a standby person outside. If a colleague collapses, raise the alarm and do not rush in alone.
Carbon monoxide cannot be seen or smelled. Headache, dizziness, nausea or a heavy feeling near a furnace or gas line mean you should move to fresh air at once and call 112.

Shopkeepers should not tamper with meters, use loose joints or overload boards. Short circuits are the usual suspect in market fires like the one in Sector 6, so get the wiring checked and keep a bucket of sand and an extinguisher.
Below Tenughat and along the Damodar, follow district alerts when gates are opened, stay off river banks and low crossings, and move cattle and papers early.
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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Bokaro Steel City at a glance

District area and population: 2,883 sq km; 20,62,330 people (Census 2011)
Bokaro Steel City population: About 4.14 lakh in the city and 5.63 lakh with Chas and Bandhgora (Census 2011)
Fire stations: Three listed: Bokaro, Chas and Tenughat
Steel plant: Bokaro Steel Plant, set up in the 1960s; expanded from 4.5 to 7.5 million tonnes a year in 2010 to 2011
Emergency system: Dial 112; fire is 101, ambulance 108, police 100, district control room 18003451010