Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaLatur is a district headquarters city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, a usually dry area that has seen both drought and sudden floods in recent years. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire brigade line and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the district.
Checked 3 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number. Works from any phone · 101: Fire brigade. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Health and medical emergency. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Listed on the district helpline page, also reachable through 112
Print the Latur 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 Latur 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 3 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
At about 10 am on 31 October 2026 a parcel holding an airgun pistol and CO2 gas cartridges exploded while workers unloaded a courier pickup outside a courier office on Vilasrao Deshmukh Road. Two workers were hurt, one seriously, and police booked four people. The cause awaits the forensic report. We cover it in a case study.
On 27 May 2025, before the monsoon, floods and flash floods hit Latur city after 264.5 mm of rain fell in a day, and one report said the daily weather warnings had not forecast such rain. In a district known for drought, a dry-looking sky is no reason to ignore a flooded road.
On 29 August 2025, 29 of the district's 60 revenue circles recorded excessive rain, about 49 roads were closed and schools were shut. A later report counted three deaths in Latur from 20 September.
Latur is one of Maharashtra's driest districts. In April 2016 water had to be brought in by special trains from Miraj. Store drinking water safely and use it carefully in a dry year.
On 30 September 1993 an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck at about 4 am, and 817 of the 936 villages in Latur district were damaged. Poor construction and rain beforehand made the destruction worse, so the old stone and mud house is still the weak point.
April and May are the hottest months, and the district has a heat wave action plan. Stay out of the midday sun, drink water often and never leave a person, an animal or a loaded vehicle of parcels in the sun.
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