Singrauli Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

On the night of 9 November 2026, a two-storey mud house collapsed on a family in Barahpan village after dinner. Three people died, a 36-year-old man, his 65-year-old mother and his two-year-old daughter, and five were hurt. A family member said a wall had already cracked and was making noises, but the house fell before they could leave. Reports differ on the village police station and on how many were trapped.

On 25 January 2026, a clay mine caved in while people were digging in the Kudwar area, under the Jiawan police station. Three people died, a girl of 10, a girl of 16 and a woman of 50, and two were injured. The clay was the white clay used for whitewashing homes.

At about 10 pm on 7 August 2019, a wall of a power plant's fly ash dyke collapsed in heavy rain and a slurry of ash flooded homes in Khairahi and Karsualal villages. Five children were rescued and more than 500 farmers lost crops. The district collector said early findings pointed to negligence by the company, which blamed sabotage.

On 6 October 2019, the dyke of a fly ash pond at another power plant breached in heavy rain and ash flowed into the Rihand reservoir, which more than 20 lakh people in Singrauli and Sonbhadra depend on for water. The National Green Tribunal ordered coal mines and thermal plants in the area to pay a fine of Rs 79 crore on 11 October 2019.

On 10 April 2020, a fly ash dyke at a third power plant breached and ash slurry spread over farmland. Two bodies were found about 7 km away and four people were missing at first, and the toll later reached six. The collector said the breach was owing to the negligence of the plant, and the company said it was investigating. It was the third such breach in about a year.