Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaHosur is a town in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, close to the Karnataka border, with a large industrial belt around SIPCOT. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town and the district, including the Uddanapalli area, about 18 km to the south-east.
Checked 10 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: National emergency number for police, fire and ambulance. The Krishnagiri district website does not print it. Works from any phone · 101: Listed as Fire and Rescue Services on the Krishnagiri district website. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: Listed as 108 or 102 on the Krishnagiri district website. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Listed as the police control room on the Krishnagiri district website, also reachable through 112
Print the Hosur 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 Hosur 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.
At about 5 pm on 9 November 2026, three contract workers collapsed one after another inside an effluent treatment tank at an electronics plant near Uddanapalli, about 18 km from the town. They were taken to a private hospital in Hosur and declared dead there. Police gave toxic gas as the preliminary view, and the post-mortem result was not reported at the time.
In the early hours of 28 September 2024, a fire broke out at an electronics plant in the Vanniapuram area near Hosur. About 10 workers reportedly fainted and were taken to hospital, goods worth crores were reported destroyed, and the cause was not known at the time.
On 24 October 2024, heavy rain raised the inflow into the Kelavarapalli dam near Hosur. Toxic foam on the released water covered the low-lying bridge on the Hosur to Nandimangalam road, stopped vehicles to more than ten villages and forced a detour of about 15 km. In May 2025 about 2,200 cusecs were released again and a flood alert went out along the Thenpennai river.
On 18 February 2024, a lone elephant that had split from its herd while migrating from Karnataka killed two women in Denkanikottai taluka, about 23 km south-west of Hosur, injured two other people and killed two cows. Villagers blocked roads in protest. Reports describe herds from Karnataka moving through the forest belt around Hosur.
1 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Service Hosur | Krishnagiri district · Hosur SIPCOT | Call9445086364 |
Station mobile number from the Krishnagiri district directory, checked on 10 November 2026. No street address is published. In an emergency, call 101 or 112 first; the station number is an office line.
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