Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaDeoghar is the headquarters town of Deoghar district in Jharkhand, known for the Baidyanath temple and the month long Shravani Mela. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town and the district.
Checked 9 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 101: Fire brigade, as listed on the district helpline page. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: State ambulance service. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Police number, also reachable through 112
Print the Deoghar 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 Deoghar 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 9 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
Early on 5 November 2026, a fire at a nail polish and thinner unit in the Bumpas Town area set off blasts in more than 15 drums of spirit and chemicals. No one was reported hurt, four fire tenders took three to five hours by different reports, and the unit was said to run without registration in a densely built lane.
On 10 August 2015, during Shravani Mela, a rush near the temple entrance at around 4 am left at least 11 people dead and over 30 injured, as reported then. Police said devotees tried to jump the queue after a rumour that the doors were opening.
On 29 July 2025, a bus carrying about 35 kanwariyas hit a truck loaded with gas cylinders head on near Jamuniya village in Mohanpur block. Eighteen devotees died and ten were injured.
In March 2025, a fire started in the parking area of the Indian Oil depot at Jasidih, spread through the facility, and villages nearby were evacuated. The officer on duty reported no loss of life and the fire was put out by 6.30 pm.
On 30 June 2026, an eight year old girl was killed by lightning while playing outside her house in Koyridih village under Jasidih police station. It was one of several lightning deaths reported across Jharkhand that week.
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