Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaMangaluru is the port city of Dakshina Kannada on the Karnataka coast, with a refinery and industrial belt at Surathkal and steep hillsides that slide in the monsoon. This guide puts the emergency numbers, fire station names and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the city and its edge.
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: Listed on the Dakshina Kannada district website. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: Listed on the Dakshina Kannada district website. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Listed on the Dakshina Kannada district website. Also reachable through 112
Print the Mangaluru 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 Mangaluru 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 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On 30 September 2026, a high-pressure cold separator in the coker hydrotreater unit of the Mangalore refinery ruptured. One person died and eight were injured, the blast rattled windows in nearby buildings and the airport area, and the fire was brought under control later that afternoon.
On Saturday 12 July 2025, two workers climbed on top of a tank in the oil movement section of the refinery at Surathkal to check a fault, fell ill and were declared dead at hospital. A third worker who tried to rescue them collapsed after breathing the gas.
Around 4 am on 30 May 2025, about 30 feet of earth and a large tree fell on a house at Manjanady in Mangaluru's Ullal taluk. A woman and two small children died, and NDRF and SDRF teams were called in. The same day, water entered low-lying streets of the city and the railway station area.
On 5 July 2020, after days of heavy rain, a hillock slid at Gurupur in Mangaluru. Two children were buried alive, 19 houses were damaged, and NDRF with locals and police pulled out the bodies.
3 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Kadri Fire Station | Mangaluru · Kadri | Call 101 |
| Pandeshwar Fire Station | Mangaluru · Pandeshwar | Call 101 |
| Bantwala Fire Station | Bantwal · Bantwal | Call 101 |
Station names only; no station phone numbers were found. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first.
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