City safety guide

Hingoli Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Hingoli is a district headquarters town in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, with an old market area of tight lanes and the Aundha Nagnath Jyotirlinga temple in the district. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the district disaster line and the main local hazards on one page, with a recent fire from Kapda Bazar. A list of fire stations is not published online, so for a fire call 101 or 112.

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

1incidents covered

4deaths reported

12injured reported

112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police

02456-224784 District Disaster ManagementHingoli district disaster management office. This number was last published in 2018, so call 112 first in an emergency 02456-221701 Collector Office, HingoliDistrict office line, for office hours 02456-223086 Civil Surgeon, HingoliOffice of the government hospital head. For an ambulance call 108

112: Single emergency number, answered by the police emergency service · 101: National fire number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: State ambulance service. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Police control room, also reachable through 112

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

Take these numbers with you

Print the Hingoli 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 Hingoli fire, disaster and civic numbers from this guide. There are blank lines for your family contacts and the nearest hospital.

Download city emergency card (PDF, A4) Print in black and white (PDF, saves ink) Save as phone picture (WebP, made for a phone lock screen)

Checked 26 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.

Latest incidents in Hingoli

Hingoli Firecracker-Storage Fire: Death Toll Reported at Four; Investigation Continues5 Oct 2026 · 4 dead · 12 injured

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Local risks in Hingoli

Cracker storage in the old market

On the evening of 5 October 2026, a fire at a large reported stock of firecrackers in Marwadi Galli, Kapda Bazar, set off repeated explosions that spread to nearby homes. The toll was first reported as two, then four after two municipal firefighters died during treatment, as we cover in a case study; the investigation was still open.

Pilgrim crowds at Aundha Nagnath

The Aundha Nagnath temple, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, draws lakhs of devotees on Mahashivratri, and thousands of kavadiyas walk to it on Mondays of the Shravan month. Crowds of that size need a family meeting point and a clear exit plan before you join the queue.

Festival season stocking

Illegal cracker stock before Diwali has caused deaths in other towns too, in homes and lanes with no firebreak. The Hingoli fire shows the same pattern: stock inside a crowded market lane where fire tenders could not get close.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101, 108 and 100 in your phone today. Share the numbers with older relatives and with children old enough to use a phone.
Buy crackers only from a licensed shop. Never store them in a home, a shop attic or a lane godown, and never keep them near gas cylinders, cloth or paper.
If you smell smoke or hear a small blast near stored crackers, do not go in to fight the fire. Move away from the blast and smoke zone, warn the neighbours, call 112 or 101, and do not go back for belongings.

Keep the lanes in the old market clear of parked vehicles and carts, so that a fire tender can get in. Shopkeepers should keep an extinguisher, a water supply and a plan to shut the shutters and leave.
At Aundha Nagnath, fix a meeting point with your family before you join the queue, note the exits and do not stop in narrow passages. If the crowd pushes, move with it at an angle towards the side and keep your arms up before your chest.
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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Hingoli at a glance

Town population: About 85,000 people (Census 2011)
District: Formed on 1 May 1999 from Parbhani, with five tehsils including Aundha Nagnath and Basmat
Fire stations: No published station list; call 101 or 112 and the control room sends the nearest tender
Kapda Bazar fire, October 2026: Four deaths reported, including two municipal firefighters
Emergency system: Dial 112; fire is 101, ambulance 108, police 100