Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaRecent and earlier fire incidents, ordered by when they happened. These are published case studies, not live emergency alerts. Each card distinguishes the incident date from its last recorded verification date.
Guests were evacuated from a Fort Kochi hotel fire. Contemporary night reports recorded no casualties; the suspected electrical cause has not been confirmed.
Chemical-drum explosions during the 23 September Jodhpur factory-fire response initially injured 14 fire personnel. Pritesh died on 26 September and Surendra's death on 28…
A 13 September warehouse fire in East Delhi prompted a substantial response and a reported firefighter hospitalisation. This review separates verified reporting from conflicting…
A Delhi fire review focused on injuries outside the burning premises and the limits of early reports.
A dated review of the Delhi Road hotel fire, distinguishing the reported rescue from an unconfirmed electrical cause.
A major upper-floor textile-market fire in Surat damaged at least 16 shops, injured a firefighter and later prompted a police investigation into suspected deliberate…
During a two-crane lift of project cargo reported at about 140 tonnes from the Barbados-flagged vessel Vienna, the operation became unstable. One mobile crane…
Incident gallery image 1 A canteen-area fire spread through temporary worker shelters and reportedly involved at least 12 LPG cylinders; workers evacuated and no casualties were reported.
Incident gallery image 1 A predawn fire in a five-storey building housing several hotels killed nine people, injured six and led authorities to inspect nearby guesthouses and restaurants.
Incident gallery image 1 A major fire spread through congested cloth-market premises. Some accounts blamed a charging scooter, but collected reporting said the official cause had not yet…
Incident gallery image 1 A night warehouse fire killed 25 people according to the later reported toll, exposing the lethal combination of sleeping workers, dense storage, blocked escape…
Incident photograph 1 A late-night fire in an old wooden mixed-use building spread through shops and homes and involved multiple LPG cylinders; the final reported toll reached…
Incident photograph 1 An empty AISATS passenger coach caught fire while parked to collect Air India flight crew; the fire was contained with no occupants or injuries.
Incident photograph 1 A motorcycle already involved in a crash became trapped beneath a Hyderabad–Bengaluru sleeper bus, igniting a fast-moving fire that killed 20 bus occupants in…
Incident photograph 1 An electrical-duct fire in the hospital laundry was contained by three fire tenders before it affected patients; the near miss shows why service areas…
Incident gallery image 1 A late-night ICU fire and toxic smoke killed critically ill patients at Jaipur’s government SMS Hospital; later NHRC reporting recorded eight deaths and three…
Incident gallery image 1 Welding sparks reportedly ignited a large solvent container at a chemical unit, and hundreds of filled cans drove an intense four-hour industrial fire.
Incident gallery image 1 Two brothers—eight-year-old actor Veer Sharma and his 16-year-old brother Shoriya—died from reported smoke inhalation after an overnight apartment fire while they were alone.
Incident gallery image 1 A 12th-floor apartment fire killed a teenage boy and injured eight people, including firefighters; Pune officials later highlighted failed building firefighting systems.
Incident gallery image 1 A major industrial fire at Panoli GIDC killed two people and produced a large smoke plume, reinforcing the need for chemical inventory intelligence, exclusion…
Incident gallery image 1 A fire in a plastic-products unit inside a dense multi-storey commercial area tested high-rise access, water delivery and evacuation through narrow Bengaluru lanes.
Incident gallery image 1 A transformer spark during a storm ignited a village fire that destroyed around 200 homes; no human deaths were reported, one person was burned…
Incident gallery image 1 Fourteen people died in the Rituraj Hotel fire; smoke, constrained escape and occupants attempting to flee through windows and the roof demonstrate the danger…
Four contract workers died and another was injured after burning coal spilled and ignited equipment during plant operations at Hazira.
Incident gallery image 1 A collision sheared the LPG tanker’s bottom lines, releasing gas that ignited across the highway; PESO’s final annual report records 20 deaths and 24…
Incident gallery image 1 A fire at an electric-scooter showroom killed one employee and injured three; fire officials reported missing smoke detection and sprinkler protection.
A late-night fire in the neonatal intensive care unit killed ten newborns immediately, injured 16 and led to the rescue of 37–45 babies in…
A late-afternoon fire swept through a crowded two-level gaming venue and killed 27 people. Court and police records documented missing fire authorisation and approval…
Incident gallery image 1 A fire at a plastic-waste shredding compound also used for vehicle parking destroyed at least 26 autorickshaws and one car; no injuries were reported.
A fire beginning around 16:40 in a commercial building killed 27 people and injured at least 12. Official and investigative reporting identified unlicensed/unsanctioned use,…
A fire confined to the out-born section of the Special Newborn Care Unit killed ten infants; seven babies in the in-born unit were rescued.…
Incident gallery image 1 Eight COVID-19 patients died in the Shrey Hospital ICU fire, highlighting electrical ignition, vulnerable-patient evacuation and the need for continuously verified hospital fire protection.
Existing HowToSurvive.in incident image The 2019 Surat coaching-centre fire killed 22 young people and exposed how unauthorised construction, weak escape provision and delayed access can turn a fire…
Existing HowToSurvive.in incident image The Kamala Mills fire killed 14 people in a rooftop restaurant and exposed unauthorised alterations, combustible décor, obstructed escape and fragmented enforcement in a…
Existing HowToSurvive.in incident image The 2011 AMRI Hospital fire showed why smoke control, removal of basement combustibles and assisted evacuation are indispensable where patients cannot escape independently.
Existing HowToSurvive.in image The Carlton Towers high-rise fire killed 9 people and injured 57; the official CAG audit documented delayed notification and an inadequately prepared high-rise response.
Existing HowToSurvive.in image The Kumbakonam school fire killed 94 children after cooking fire spread into a thatched classroom area, demonstrating the fatal consequences of combustible roofs and…
Existing HowToSurvive.in image Flammable adhesive, unusable extinguishers, a locked stair gate and meshed windows combined in the Shreeji International shoe-factory fire, killing 44 workers.
Existing HowToSurvive.in incident image The Uphaar Cinema fire killed 59 people and injured 103 after transformer fire and smoke spread combined with unsafe egress conditions inside a crowded…
A tall walk-through Himalayan replica made from timber, cloth, jute and grass burned rapidly during a crowded religious exhibition. A parliamentary reference recorded 49…
A fast-moving fire destroyed a thatch-and-timber touring cinema during a matinee. The strongest archival summary records 78 deaths—46 adults and 32 children—and 88 injured.…
Existing HowToSurvive.in incident image The SS Fort Stikine fire and explosions devastated Bombay docks, killing port workers, firefighters and residents and demonstrating the extreme danger of mixed hazardous…
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