Khandwa Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

In late December 2023, an explosion in a suspected illegal LPG storehouse in a residential part of Ghaspura set off repeated blasts, and about 300 houses were evacuated. Seven people were hurt, including three children, and a 40 year old woman died of burns a few days later.

On Sunday, 12 April 2026, a large fire broke out at the Sales Tax Office building in Khandwa. Fire teams reached it quickly, and reports from the day did not yet give the damage or any casualty.

On the morning of 20 March 2026, a plastic goods shop at the Navchandi fair caught fire from burning garbage behind it, and all the stock, worth about 4 lakh rupees, was lost. Two fire engines put it out, no one was hurt because the fair was closed, and traders said there were no firefighting arrangements on the grounds.

In late July 2026, heavy rain in Khandwa district made rivers and streams overflow, and four youths were stranded on an island in the Sukta Aabna river at Handikund for about 10 hours before the State Disaster Response Force rescued them. The Tapti next door at Burhanpur rose above its danger mark the same week.