Kanpur Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

At about 2 am on 31 March 2023 a fire that began in AR Tower, Bansmandi, spread through four towers and gutted at least 500 shops; goods and cash worth around Rs 100 crore were reported lost, and engines had to come from Lucknow and nearby districts. On 12 November 2025, around 4 am, hundreds of shops at Bakarganj market in Babupurwa were destroyed, with high flames and dense smoke slowing the firefighters.

At about 3.30 am on 21 May 2026 a cardboard factory run from a rented house in Saket Nagar caught fire, and six of the 12 gas cylinders stored there burst one after another; nine fire vehicles from five stations needed about five hours to bring it under control. Nobody died only because the unit was shut for the night.

On the afternoon of 17 March 2026 flammable material caught fire in the spray section of a tannery at Nai Chungi, Jajmau, apparently from a short circuit. The workers ran out and one fire tender controlled it, but the area has many such units close together.

A house near Swaroop Nagar caught fire early on 7 September 2026, and flames and toxic smoke blocked the front door; firefighters used ladders to bring three people down from the second floor and moved others to the next rooftop. Nobody died, but it shows how much a blocked stair costs.

By the evening of 17 August 2025 the Ganga stood at 113.08 m against a danger mark of 113 m, water had entered 22 localities, and power was cut to about 3,000 homes along the river as a precaution. The administration put 30 boats in service.

On 24 May 2024 three children aged 6, 10 and 6 drowned at Aakin Ghat in Bilhaur while cooling off in a heatwave, and locals said there were no depth signboards. On 12 June 2025 a man at the Ganga Barrage in Nawabganj drowned along with his 10-year-old nephew after going in to help him.