Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaHazaribagh is the headquarters town of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand, about 93 km from Ranchi by road, on the Chotanagpur plateau. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town and the district, including Danua Valley near Chouparan, about 45 km to the north.
Checked 10 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Listed on the Hazaribag district website as the emergency response number. Works from any phone · 101: The national fire number. The district website does not print a fire number. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: Listed as the ambulance number on the Hazaribag district website. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Listed as the police control number on the Hazaribag district website, also reachable through 112
Print the Hazaribagh 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 Hazaribagh 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 10 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
Hazaribagh Danua Ghati Crash, Chauparan, Jharkhand: Seven Dead and 12 to 14 Injured When a Speeding Trailer Hits a Pickup Stopped to Retie a Body Being Taken From Giridih to Varanasi for Cremation, Driver Flees, Early Reports Said Five Dead9 Nov 2026 · 7 dead · 14 injured
Ramgarh Kuju Steel Plant Furnace Blast: Three to Four Workers Burnt, One Serious, at a Plant With Earlier Fatal Blasts24 Oct 2026 · 0 dead · 4 injuredAt about 10.30 am on 9 November 2026, a speeding trailer hit a pickup van from behind on the Grand Trunk Road at Danua Valley, Chouparan. The van had stopped at the roadside to retie a body that relatives were taking to Varanasi. Seven people died and about 12 were hurt; early reports said five dead. The trailer driver fled, and the cause is not an official finding.
At about 6 pm on 25 April 2026, an SUV travelling from Dhanbad to Gaya for a wedding hit a truck in the Danua Valley area. Police said the SUV driver was speeding and tried to overtake. Six people died, including three minors; officials first said four had died and two more bodies were found later.
At about 9.30 am on 8 September 2024, a speeding truck hit an autorickshaw from the rear in Danua valley. The autorickshaw, with about 13 people aboard, fell into a gorge about 30 feet deep. Two people died and 11 were hurt, and the injured were sent to Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital in Hazaribagh.
On the evening of 27 November 2023, a fire broke out in a house in a busy market area on Malviya Marg in Hazaribagh and spread to the buildings next to it. Firefighting went on for about five hours. A six-year-old girl died and four people were badly burnt; the cause was not established at the time.
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