Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaHubballi-Dharwad is the twin city of Dharwad district in north Karnataka, with crowded markets, old shopping streets and an industrial belt at Tarihal and Belur. This guide puts the emergency numbers, fire station names and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from both towns.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Karnataka's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 101: The Karnataka fire service lists 101. The Dharwad district website prints no fire number. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: Listed as the ambulance number on the Dharwad district website. If it does not connect, call 112 · 112: The state police control room is reached on 112. The Dharwad district website prints no police number
Print the Hubballi-Dharwad emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers. This guide has no local numbers yet, so there are blank lines to write your local fire station, police station and nearest hospital, and your family contacts.
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Checked 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On 19 March 2019, a multi-storey commercial complex that was still under construction at Kumareshwar Nagar in Dharwad collapsed in the afternoon, and 19 people died. Police alleged poor quality material and charged several people, including employees of the local corporation, so check that any building you use has valid permission.
On 23 July 2022, a fire broke out at an unauthorised sparkle candle unit running from a rented building in the Tarihal Industrial Area in Hubballi. Three labourers died, five others were critical, and the minister said the owner had no licence and the unit had no safety measures.
On 23 December 2024, a cooking gas explosion in Sainagar, Hubballi, injured a group of Ayyappa devotees, and one of them died on 26 December. Seven others were still in hospital that day. Gas cooking in crowded group stays is a real risk in the pilgrimage season.
On 22 January 2026, a fire started on the fourth floor of Sukhasagar Metro Mall in Maratha Galli, Hubballi, and spread to the fifth floor. Each floor lost about 4,000 to 5,000 sq ft, firefighters battled it for more than three hours, and no injury was reported.
4 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Hubli City Fire Station | Hubballi · Hubballi | Call 101 |
| Hubli Amargol Fire Station | Hubballi · Amargol, Hubballi | Call 101 |
| Dharwad Fire Station | Dharwad · Dharwad | Call 101 |
| Belur Industrial Area Fire Station | Dharwad · Belur Industrial Area, Dharwad | Call 101 |
Station names only; no station phone numbers were found. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first.
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