Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaVasco da Gama, usually just Vasco, is the port town of Mormugao in South Goa, next to Dabolim airport and about 30 km by road from Panaji. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the nearest fire stations and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town.
Checked 29 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 101: Goa fire service number. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: State ambulance service; 102 is also listed. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Police emergency line, also reachable through 112
Print the Vasco da Gama (Mormugao) 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 Vasco da Gama (Mormugao) 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 29 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
Around 11.10 pm on 28 October 2026 a big fire broke out in the Sunday Market behind the Mormugao Municipal Council building, a lane-packed market of hundreds of small shops. Fire tenders came from Vasco and other places, the cause had not been established, and an earlier fire the same evening gutted a car accessories shop near Tilak Maidan; we cover the market fire in a case study.
In February 2025 a fire at the same market destroyed a clothing shop and a shoe shop, and the hydrant a few metres away had no water. A second tender had to be called, and a short circuit was believed to be the likely cause.
In November 2025 a scrapyard at Zuari Nagar burned for hours and needed units from Vasco, Verna, Margao and Panaji, along with the Goa Shipyard, the Mormugao Port Authority and Paradip Phosphate. A short circuit was suspected, and nobody was reported hurt.
In 1999 three pipelines carrying petrol, diesel and sulphuric acid caught fire near the main gate of the oil terminal in the Vasco port area, with no deaths reported. Fuel lines and chemicals sit close to town, so a leak or fire there is not only a port matter.
In March 2026 the Mormugao Municipal Council asked residents of slope areas such as Bogda, Desterro, Upper Jetty, Sada, Vaddem and Mangor Hill to move to safer places before the monsoon. Boulders and heavy rain on these slopes have damaged houses before.
3 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Station Vasco | North Zone · Vasco da Gama | Call2513840 / 2519068 |
| Fire Station Verna | South Zone · Verna | Call2887721 |
| Fire Station Margao | South Zone · Margao | Call2714600 / 2715825 |
Goa has one fire directorate for the whole state; Vasco has its own station, and Verna and Margao are the next nearest on the list. Lines are shown as printed, without the 0832 code, and no street addresses are given. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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