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Thane Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Thane is the big city next to Mumbai, with old crowded buildings, busy highways and a heavy industrial belt across the district. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the corporation control room and the main local hazards on one page, with dated examples from Thane and its district. A list of the city's own fire stations is not published online, so for a fire call 101 or 112.

Checked 26 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone

16incidents covered

830deaths reported

69injured reported

112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police

022-25371010 Thane Municipal Corporation Control RoomCentral control room for rain and other civic emergencies. For a fire, call 101 or 112 first 1800-222-108 Corporation Toll-Free LineToll-free civic and monsoon emergency line of the corporation 022-25442828 Thane Police CommissionerateCommissioner's office line, also 022-25443636. For urgent police help call 112

112: Single emergency number, answered by the police emergency service · 101: National fire number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: State ambulance service. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Police control room, also reachable through 112

Printable Thane emergency card: A4 sheet with national and local emergency numbers and cut-out wallet cards

Take these numbers with you

Print the Thane 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 Thane 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 26 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.

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Local risks in Thane

Highway crashes on the Mumbai-Nashik road

Around 1.15 pm on 16 September 2026, a family MPV with 11 people struck a stationary truck on the Mumbai-bound side of the Mumbai-Nashik highway near Atgaon, Shahapur taluka. Later counts were 5 dead and 6 injured, as we cover in a case study, and the cause was still under inquiry.

Monsoon waterlogging

On 4 July 2026, heavy rain since the early hours and a red alert from the weather office kept the corporation's control room busy, with pumps watched at usual trouble spots such as the Vitawa subway. Residents were asked to call the control room on 022-25371010 or the toll-free line 1800-222-108.

Old and illegal buildings

On 4 April 2013 a building at Mumbra collapsed and 74 people died, including 18 children, which remains the worst collapse the area has seen. Any older or unauthorised building deserves a structural check before the next monsoon.

Chemical blasts in MIDC Dombivli

On 23 May 2024, a blast and fire at a chemical unit in MIDC Dombivli killed 11 people by one count and 13 by a later count, and injured at least 64. Ash and a chemical smell spread over about 4 km, so families near the estate were affected too.

Factory and godown fires in Bhiwandi

Late on 1 October 2025, a large fire broke out at a paper factory in Bhiwandi and firefighters were still working the next morning. Nobody was reported hurt, but paper stacks burn deep inside and the narrow lanes make it hard for fire tenders to get close.

Hospital fires

On 28 April 2021, four patients died in a hospital fire at Mumbra. Families should know the exits and where the oxygen and fire equipment sit before a patient is admitted.

Fire stations in Thane

4 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.

Station	Area	Contact
MIDC Fire Station TTC D Block	MIDC · TTC D Block, Juinagar	Call022-27685101 / 022-27684101
MIDC Fire Station TTC R Block	MIDC · TTC R Block, Rabale	Call022-27697101 / 022-27698101
MIDC Fire Station Additional Ambarnath	MIDC · Ambarnath	Call0251-2621354 / 0251-2621372
MIDC Fire Station Murbad	MIDC · Murbad	Call02524-224101 / 02524-225101

No list of the city's own fire stations is published online. These are the four MIDC industrial-area fire stations in the Thane district belt, from a list dated September 2021, so check before relying on a line. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101, 108, 100 and the corporation control room 022-25371010 in your phone today. For a fire, call 101 or 112, because the lines to individual fire stations are office numbers.
On the Mumbai-Nashik highway, keep a safe gap from trucks, never park on the carriageway without hazard lights and a warning triangle, and if you reach a crash first, call 112 from a safe spot and give the road, the direction and a landmark.
Before the monsoon, learn which subways and low roads near you hold water, and do not drive or walk through standing water. On a red-alert day, stay indoors unless you must go out.

Look at your own building. Cracks in beams or columns, leaning balconies, damp that never dries and plaster falling in chunks are warning signs: tell the society and the municipal corporation at once, and never add a floor or remove a wall without a structural engineer.
In a factory or godown, keep paper, packing and chemicals away from panels and machines, practise the evacuation route twice a year and keep lanes and gates clear so fire tenders can reach the building.
Cool the burn under cool, clean running water for 20 minutes. Even 10 minutes helps if that's all you can manage. No ice, toothpaste, oil or butter.

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Thane at a glance

City population: About 18.4 lakh people (Census 2011); the district is among the most populous in Maharashtra
District area: 4,214 sq km, with a heavy industrial belt from Thane to Bhiwandi and Ambarnath
Fire stations: No city station list published; four MIDC stations are listed in the district belt
Mumbra, April 2013: A building collapse killed 74 people
Emergency system: Dial 112; fire is 101, ambulance 108, police 100, corporation control room 022-25371010