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Kurnool Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Kurnool is a district headquarters city in Rayalaseema, on the Tungabhadra river and the Hyderabad to Bengaluru highway. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations listed for the district and the main local risks on one page, with past incidents from Kurnool district.

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

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112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police

08518-277305 Kurnool Collectorate Control RoomDistrict control room 08518-255101 Kurnool Fire StationStation landline. For a fire, call 101 or 112 first 08518-236735 District Fire Officer officeOffice line, not an emergency line 08518-279030 Government General Hospital, KurnoolSuperintendent's office line. In an emergency, call 108 or 112 first

112: Single emergency number. Works from any phone · 101: The national fire number. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: Ambulance. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Police control room, also reachable through 112

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

Take these numbers with you

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

Latest incidents in Kurnool

Kurnool Bus Fire: A Collision, A Blaze24 Oct 2025 · 20 dead

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Local risks in Kurnool

Sleeper bus fire on NH-44

At about 3 am on 24 October 2025, a private sleeper bus from Hyderabad to Bengaluru ran over a fallen motorcycle on NH-44 near Chinnatekuru, and fire spread under and through the coach. Twenty people died, the rider and 19 passengers, and survivors broke windows to get out; we cover it in a case study.

Sleeper conversions and blocked exits

Transport officials found that the bus had been converted from a seater to a sleeper without permission, its emergency doors were blocked and it carried no window-breaking hammer. After another sleeper bus fire in Andhra Pradesh in March 2026, the state set up 16 checkpoints, inspected over 1,000 buses and penalised 236 of them.

Fires in industrial estates

On the morning of 25 July 2026, a fire broke out at an incense stick factory in the Kallur Industrial Estate and spread fast because an oil mill stood on the same premises. Nobody was reported hurt and the loss was put at nearly Rs 15 lakh; the cause was still being checked.

Tungabhadra releases and floods

On 10 August 2024 a crest gate chain snapped at the Tungabhadra dam and the release rose from about 35,000 to about 1,00,000 cusecs. People in Kurnool town and in Kosigi, Mantralayam and Nandavaram mandals were asked to stay alert and keep away from the riverbed.

Fire stations in Kurnool

6 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.

Station	Area	Contact
Kurnool Fire Station	Kurnool district · Near new Ayyappa Swamy Temple, Kurnool	Call08518-255101
Adoni Fire Station	Kurnool district · Near railway station, Adoni	Call08512-252299
Yemmiganur Fire Station	Kurnool district · Adoni Road, Yemmiganur	Call08512-255101
Kodumur Fire Station	Kurnool district · Veldurthy Road, Kodumur	Call08525-228188
Alur Fire Station	Kurnool district · Hollagondha Road, Alur	Call08523-229088
Pathikonda Fire Station	Kurnool district · Adoni Road, Pattikonda	Call08520-226700

Station names, addresses and landlines for Kurnool district, checked on 26 October 2026. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101, 100 and 108 in your phone today. The Kurnool district control room is 08518-277305, but for a fire call 101 or 112 first.
Before you sleep on a bus, find the main door, the emergency door, the window hammer and the roof hatch. At the first smoke, shout, leave your bags, use the nearest exit, move away from the road and call 112.
Do not carry gas cylinders, petrol or crackers on a bus, and think twice about a bus that loads parcels beside the passengers. A bus that breaks down again and again at night should not carry on, so ask for another one.

Factory and godown owners should keep oil, stores and machines apart, test wiring every year, and keep exits and the way in for fire engines clear.
When the Tungabhadra is in spate, stay off the riverbed and the bunds, move cattle and papers early, and follow the district administration notices.
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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Kurnool at a glance

City population: 4,25,214 people (Census 2011)
District population: 22,71,686 people (Census 2011)
Fire stations: Six in the district, from Kurnool and Adoni to Alur and Pathikonda
District control room: 08518-277305
Emergency system: Andhra Pradesh's 112 service; fire is 101