Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaPatna stretches along the south bank of the Ganga, and the river decides much of its risk. In the same city, narrow markets and old hotels near the junction burn fast, and old houses and half-built blocks give way in storms. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the 11 fire stations of the district and the main local hazards on one page, with dated examples from the city and its edges.
Checked 22 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number for Bihar, answered by the police emergency service · 101: Also the number of the Patna fire brigade control room · 108: 102 is the ambulance line for pregnant women. If 108 does not connect, call 112 · 100: Also reachable through 112
Print the Patna 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 Patna 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 22 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On the morning of 5 September 2026, the Ganga at Gandhi Ghat stood at 50.53 metres against a danger mark of 48.60 metres, a centimetre above the highest flood level of 50.52 metres, and a further rise to 50.62 metres was forecast. The Gandak, Kosi, Burhi Gandak, Bagmati, Punpun and Ghaghra were also above their danger marks, and relief teams were identifying affected families. Riverside and diara areas are the first to be cut off.
On the morning of Thursday 25 April 2024, fire broke out at Pal Hotel, about 50 metres from Patna Junction, and spread to adjoining hotels. Six people died, three women and three men, among them a mother and her daughter, and roughly 20 to 30 were hurt, and counts differ. Firefighters used hydraulic platforms to bring people down from the roofs and took about two hours to control the blaze. A cylinder explosion was the first suspected cause.
On Friday 2 October 2026, fire began in a top-floor store of chandeliers at the Chandni Chowk electronics market near Patna Junction and spread to a neighbouring shop; about 15 fire tenders were sent and it was roughly 90 per cent under control by evening. On 28 September 2025, fire started in a ground-floor storeroom of a hospital utility building at PMCH, with six fire vehicles at the spot; nobody was hurt and a short circuit was the likely cause. In July 2026, fire officers said more than 200 hospitals, hotels, lodges, coaching centres and other establishments in the city sub-division had been audited in ten days and given 7 to 15 days to fix faults.
On the night of 9 November 2025, the roof of an old house in the Diara area of Danapur collapsed while a family of five slept, and all five died. Villagers said cracks had already appeared and that the recent floods had weakened the area; an inquiry was started. On the evening of 29 April 2026, during a strong storm, a wall from the sixth floor of an under-construction building at Rukanpura Devi Sthan, Danapur, fell on passers-by. At least one person died and two were critically hurt, and an inquiry into construction negligence was begun.
On the night of 13 October 2026, a small country boat carrying villagers to a feast overturned in a Ganga channel near Rampur Shyamchand in Raghopur Diara, on the far bank in Vaishali district, as we cover in a case study. Thirteen children under 15 died, and six people rescued were taken to a Patna hospital. An inquiry was ordered, and no finding on why the boat overturned had been published by 15 October.
On the evening of 20 October 2026, after the Ravan effigy burnt at the Gandhi Maidan ground in Masaurhi, thousands left together through the main gate. Four women were hurt in the push, one seriously, and the ambulance taking her out was held up in the traffic. The ground is lower than the road outside, which added to the pressure at the gate.
11 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Patna District HQ | Patna district | Call 101 |
| Lodipur Fire Station | Lodipur, Patna | Call 101 |
| Phulwari Fire Station | Phulwari, Patna | Call 101 |
| Patna City Fire Station | Patna City | Call 101 |
| Kankarbagh Fire Station | Kankarbagh, Patna | Call 101 |
| Danapur Fire Station | Danapur, Patna | Call 101 |
| Sachivalaya Fire Station | Sachivalaya, Patna | Call 101 |
| Masaurhi Fire Station | Masaurhi, Patna district | Call 101 |
| Barh Fire Station | Barh, Patna district | Call 101 |
| Paliganj Fire Station | Paliganj, Patna district | Call 101 |
| Bihta Fire Station | Bihta, Patna district | Call 101 |
The 11 fire stations of Patna district, shown by name only because no station landline is published. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first. Barh, Paliganj, Masaurhi and Bihta are well outside the city.
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