City safety guide

Gopalganj Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Gopalganj is a district headquarters town in north-western Bihar, on the Gandak river floodplain. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the district control room, the fire stations listed for the district and the main local risks on one page, with past incidents from Gopalganj.

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

3incidents covered

8deaths reported

30injured reported

112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance

06156-224601 Gopalganj District Control RoomDistrict control room

112: Bihar's emergency response number for police, fire and ambulance · 101: Fire brigade. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: Dial 108 for an ambulance anywhere; the district also lists 102

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

Take these numbers with you

Print the Gopalganj 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 Gopalganj 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 Gopalganj

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Local risks in Gopalganj

Cooking-gas leak fires

On the evening of 13 October 2026, gas rushed out as a fresh cylinder was being fitted in a house in Safiyabad village while a puja diya burned in the room. Two children were reported dead, later reports said three, and well over a dozen people were burnt, many sent on to Gorakhpur. We cover it in a case study.

Gandak floods and embankment breaches

On 30 September 2026 about 6 m of an embankment gave way near Sheetalpur in Baikunthpur block, and villages including Parsauni and Pakhan were threatened. The Gandak at Dumariaghat was above its highest flood level that night, after a flow of about 5.4 lakh cusecs at the Valmikinagar barrage.

Spurious liquor

In August 2016, deaths from illicit liquor in Khajurbani, Gopalganj, were reported with a toll that rose from 13 to 16 in some counts, and 25 policemen were suspended. In October 2024, two of the 43 spurious-liquor deaths reported across Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj were in Gopalganj.

Thatched houses and village fires

Most kutcha houses in the district have thatch roofs and wooden frames, and in summer winds a spark from a traditional stove can spread through a whole village. The Safiyabad house in our case study was a thatched, hut-like house.

Fire stations in Gopalganj

3 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.

Station	Area	Contact
Gopalganj District HQ	Gopalganj district	Call 101
Gopalganj Fire Station	Gopalganj district	Call 101
Hathua Fire Station	Hathua, Gopalganj district	Call 101

Station names for Gopalganj district. Only officer mobile numbers are published, so no station phone is printed. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101 and 108 in your phone today. The Gopalganj District Control Room line is 06156-224601. We could not confirm a separate fire control room number, so call 112 or 101 for a fire.
Before fitting a new cooking cylinder, put out every flame in the room, including the diya and the chulha, and open the door. If you hear or smell gas, do not light anything or flip a switch; take everyone outside and call 112.
If your house has a thatch roof, keep the stove away from the roof and the bedding, keep a bucket of water and sand near the door, and agree where the family will meet outside.

When the Gandak is above the danger level or an embankment such as Sheetalpur is breached, move cattle, grain and documents to higher ground early, stay off the embankments and follow the district administration's notices.
Never buy or drink liquor from an unknown source. If someone feels sick, blurred in the eyes or vomits after drinking, take them to Sadar Hospital at once and call 112 or 108.
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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Gopalganj at a glance

District area and population: 2,033 sq km; 25,62,012 people (Census 2011)
Blocks and municipalities: 14 blocks and 5 municipalities
Fire stations: Three: Gopalganj District HQ, Gopalganj and Hathua
District control room: 06156-224601
Emergency system: Bihar's 112; fire is 101, ambulance 108 and 102