Dhar Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

At about 11.30 pm on 25 October 2026, a car carrying five friends went off a culvert on the Lebad-Nayagaon four-lane near Sadalpur and caught fire. Four of them died inside and one was badly burnt; the cause is still under investigation, as we cover in a case study.

On the evening of 29 April 2026, a pickup carrying about 35 labourers home from Baggad lost control near the Chikliya crossing, overturned and hit an SUV coming the other way. At least 12 people died, most of them women, and later reports put the toll higher.

On the morning of 18 July 2022, a state transport bus from Indore broke through the railing of a bridge between Khalghat and Thigari and fell into the Narmada. At least 13 people died and 15 were pulled out alive, and the strong current made the rescue harder.

In the early hours of 22 April 2026, a fire with a series of explosions at a waste disposal plant in Pithampur Sector 3 spread to two neighbouring companies, and on 10 October 2026 a scrap warehouse fire in the same sector spread to nearby sheds. No deaths were reported in either, but engines had to be called from Indore, Dhar, Dhamnod and Mhow.

The district disaster management page carries safety documents for flood, earthquake, fire, chemical hazards, drought, cold wave and lightning, along with a map of flood-affected villages and bridges. It also lists a document of road accident black spots, so ask the collectorate for the stretch you drive daily.