Raipur Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Between midnight and 2 am on the night of 12 to 13 November 2026, a fire at the Gajraj plastic pipe and water-tank factory in the Bhanpuri industrial area spread quickly through the plastic stock. Twelve to 15 fire engines from the municipal corporation and private plants, engines from nearby districts and an SDRF team worked for four to six hours before it was under control. No casualty was reported, and one report says the factory had been shut for a week for the festival. The cause is not established. We cover it in a case study.

In mid June 2025, a fire consumed large parts of a bitumen manufacturing unit in the Borjhara area, under Urla police station limits. Teams of the Raipur Fire Brigade Department and of a private power and steel plant were sent, the police said all workers were cleared from the premises and no casualty was reported. The cause was under investigation, and early reports pointed to highly combustible stored material.

On 5 April 2024, a fire at the storage facility of the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company in the Gudhiyari area burned transformers and electrical equipment worth about Rs 50 crore. People living near the site were evacuated, no casualty was reported, and the company said the fire was brought under control after about eight hours.

On 4 June 2026, a newspaper investigation reported that many buildings in Raipur, among them schools, colleges, hotels, markets and commercial buildings, still lack a fire NOC. It noted that since January 2026 third-party agencies issue the NOC, and the District Fire Officer said fire officials can only recommend action on complaints and that third-party audits have been done since January 2026.