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Sopore Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Sopore is a trading town of Baramulla district on the Jhelum, about 45 km from Srinagar, known for its fruit mandi and crowded market lanes. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town.

Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone
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112Emergency 101Fire 102Ambulance 100Police
01952-234343 District Emergency Operation Centre, BaramullaListed on the Baramulla district website. Sopore falls in Baramulla district 01954-222222 Sopore Fire StationOffice line of Sopore-I. For a fire call 101 or 112 first

112: The single emergency number for police, fire and medical calls in Jammu and Kashmir. Works from any phone · 101: Printed on the fire service table for Sopore. If it does not connect, call 112 · 102: Printed on the Srinagar district helpline page. No Sopore page prints it. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: The national police number, printed on the Srinagar district helpline page. Also reachable through 112

Take these numbers with you

Print the Sopore 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 Sopore 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.

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Local risks in Sopore

Shop fires at the bus stand and Iqbal Market

In the early hours of 2 January 2018 a fire that began at a poultry shop near the general bus stand damaged 12 shops and a restaurant, and a short circuit was blamed. In April 2019 five shops in a three storey complex at Iqbal Market were gutted by an early morning fire.

Top floor house fire in a dense colony

On the afternoon of 2 November 2025 a fire that began on the top floor destroyed a house in the New Colony area. Fire tenders, police and neighbours stopped it reaching nearby homes, and police believed an electric short circuit started it.

House fire, mosque damage and an LPG cylinder

At about 1.30 am on 25 October 2022 a two storey house in the Tarzoo area was gutted and a nearby mosque was partly damaged. An LPG cylinder exploded during the fire, two firefighters were slightly hurt, and three tenders came from the Sopore station.

Orchard storage shed fire in rain

On the evening of 8 October 2026, in heavy rain and wind, an apple storage shed with fresh fruit and packing boxes burned at Sempora in Sopore, and part of the grower's house was damaged. Officials put it down to an electrical short circuit, and locals and police stopped it spreading.

Fire stations in Sopore

2 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.

StationAreaContact
Sopore-I Fire StationBaramulla district · SoporeCall01954-222222
Sopore-II Fire StationBaramulla district · SoporeCall 101

Two Sopore stations from the J&K fire service table; the table is undated, prints no addresses and shows no phone for Sopore-II. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.

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Sopore at a glance

Where it is
Sopore is in Baramulla district, on the Jhelum, about 45 km from Srinagar and 16 km from Baramulla
Population
The 2011 Census counted 71,292 people in the Sopore urban area
Centre and radius
This guide is centred on the town with a 15 km radius, which covers the main market, the fruit mandi side and the lanes on both banks of the Jhelum
Fire stations listed
The J&K fire service table lists Sopore-I and Sopore-II, and other Baramulla district stations lie close to the radius
Emergency system
Dial 112; fire is 101, ambulance 102 and police 100; the district emergency operation centre is 01952-234343

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