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Raichur Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Raichur is the district headquarters of Raichur district in north-east Karnataka, between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers, with the Raichur Thermal Power Station nearby. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire station name and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the city and the district.

Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone
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112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police
1077 Rescue and ReliefListed as Rescue and Relief on the Raichur district website 155300 Citizen Call CentreListed as the Citizen's Call Centre on the Raichur district website 1091 Women HelplineListed on the Raichur district website

112: Karnataka's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 101: Listed as Fire on the Raichur district website. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: The district website lists 102 and 108 as ambulance numbers. If neither connects, call 112 · 100: Listed as Police on the Raichur district website. Also reachable through 112

Take these numbers with you

Print the Raichur emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers. This guide has no local numbers yet, so there are blank lines to write your local fire station, police station and nearest hospital, and your family contacts.

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Checked 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.

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Local risks in Raichur

Fire at the Raichur Thermal Power Station pumphouse

On 9 August 2018, a fire broke out at a pumphouse of the Raichur Thermal Power Station and burnt the cables and wires of machines. It started from a 415 V switchgear, and fire personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force brought it under control.

Fire at the fourth unit of the power station

On the night of 10 November 2020, a fire broke out at the fourth unit of the Raichur Thermal Power Station when it was being started after months of low demand. Converters worth lakhs were burnt, and the fire was blamed on high voltage during the start.

Krishna river floods

In October 2020, the Krishna affected villages in Raichur during floods that also hit Kalaburagi, Yadgir and Vijayapura, and the Army and disaster response teams were deployed. In all, 111 villages in four north Karnataka districts were affected.

Head-on crash on the Sindhanur Siruguppa highway

On the night of 20 January 2026, two Bolero vehicles collided head-on near Kannari Cross on the national highway between Sindhanur and Siruguppa in Raichur district. Five people died on the spot and three were seriously hurt.

Fire stations in Raichur

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Raichur Fire StationRaichur · RaichurCall 101

Station names only; no station phone numbers were found. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first.

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Raichur at a glance

City area
73.2 sq km (Wikipedia, for the city)
Population
2,34,073 for the city (Census 2011)
Fire stations
1 station name within about 20 km: Raichur; no phone numbers are published
Power plant
The Raichur Thermal Power Station is a large coal-fired plant in the district, with its own CISF and KPCL fire staff
Emergency system
Dial 112; fire is 101, ambulance 102 or 108 and police 100

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