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Ahmedabad COVID-19 Hospital Fire – August 2020Incident gallery image 1
Case Study Fire & Explosion · Shrey Hospital, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · 6 August 2020

Ahmedabad COVID-19 Hospital Fire – August 2020

Eight COVID-19 ICU patients died in the 6 August 2020 Shrey Hospital fire in Ahmedabad. Court records document the incident and inquiry, while the…

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Gulzar Houz Fire Tragedy, Hyderabad – May 2025Incident gallery image 1
Case Study Fire & Explosion · Gulzar Houz near Charminar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India · 18 May 2025

Gulzar Houz Fire Tragedy, Hyderabad – May 2025

Seventeen members of one family, including eight children, died of smoke and burn injuries in a dense residential-commercial building with constrained access near Charminar.

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Bengaluru Nagarathpete Building Fire – August 2025Incident gallery image 1
Case Study Fire & Explosion · Nagarathpete, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 16 August 2025

Bengaluru Nagarathpete Building Fire – August 2025

A fire in a plastic-products unit inside a dense multi-storey building killed five people, including two children, and tested high-rise access, water delivery and…

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Budaun Village Fire During Storm, May 2025Incident gallery image 1
Case Study Fire & Explosion · Tappa Jamni village, Ujhani area, Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India · 21 May 2025

Budaun Village Fire During Storm, May 2025

On the stormy night of 21 May 2025, a spark from a transformer is reported to have started a fire in Tappa Jamni village,…

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Bharuch Factory Fire, Gujarat (Panoli / GIDC)Incident gallery image 1
Case Study Fire & Explosion · Panoli GIDC, Bharuch district, Gujarat, India · 14 September 2025

Bharuch Factory Fire, Gujarat (Panoli / GIDC)

A major industrial fire at Panoli GIDC caused no reported deaths but produced a large smoke plume, reinforcing the need for chemical inventory intelligence,…

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Kolkata Rituraj Hotel Fire, April 2025: 14 Deaths and the LessonsIncident gallery image 1
Case Study Fire & Explosion · Rituraj Hotel, Mechhua/Barabazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 29 April 2025

Kolkata Rituraj Hotel Fire, April 2025: 14 Deaths and the Lessons

On the evening of 29 April 2025, a fire on the first floor of Rituraj Hotel in Burrabazar, Kolkata, killed 14 people, including two…

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Accountant dies as Bengaluru EV showroom catches fireIncident gallery image 1
Case Study Fire & Explosion · Dr Rajkumar Road, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 19 November 2024

Accountant dies as Bengaluru EV showroom catches fire

On 19 November 2024, around 5:30 PM, a fire broke out at My EV Store, an electric-scooter showroom in Rajajinagar, Bengaluru. Batteries reportedly exploded,…

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Jaipur-Ajmer Highway LPG Tanker Fire IncidentIncident gallery image 1
Case Study Fire & Explosion · Road & Transport · Bhankrota, Jaipur–Ajmer Highway (NH48), Rajasthan, India · 20 December 2024

Jaipur-Ajmer Highway LPG Tanker Fire Incident

Around 5:30 AM on 20 December 2024, a container truck hit an LPG tanker taking a U-turn at a highway cut near DPS, Bhankrota,…

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Case Study Fire & Explosion · Carlton Towers, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 23 February 2010

Carlton Towers Office Building Fire Tragedy

The Carlton Towers high-rise fire in Bengaluru killed nine people and injured 57. A Karnataka CAG audit documented delayed notification and failure of a…

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