Fire service incidents

This page highlights a selection of significant incidents attended by Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service, including status, location, type and attending stations.
Five-year-old horse rescued from Little Ouse in Brandon
Specialist water team and Norfolk Fire and Rescue involved in large animal rescue (Incident ref: 023485)
Closed
Location: The Maltings, Riverside Way, Brandon
04 June 2026
Time: 09:01am
Incident type: Animal rescue
Attending stations: Thetford, Brandon, Bury St Edmunds
Fire in metal recycling boat at West Bank Terminal
Crews worked with dock personnel to tackle a fire in forward hold of boat on quayside
Closed
Location: RO RO Ramp, West Bank Terminal, Wherstead Road
03 June 2026
Time: 3:13am
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Holbrook, Woodbridge
Fire in two outbuildings on Dock Road, Felixstowe
Firefighters attended a fire involving two outbuildings with corrugated roofs on Dock Road in Felixstowe.
Closed
Location: Dock Road, Felixstowe
28 May 2026
Time: 1:05pm
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Felixstowe, Saxmundham, Ipswich East
Multiple shed and car fires in Bedfield
Fire crews are fighting fires in two outbuildings, alongside two vehicles that are also well alight.
Closed
Location: Long Green, Bedfield
27 May 2026
Time: 2:50pm
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Ipswich Princes Street, Framlingham
Fire crews attend kitchen fire in Lavenham
Fire crews attended at a terraced bungalow in Spring Street, Lavenham following reports of a kitchen fire
Closed
Location: Spring Street, Lavenham
27 May 2026
Time: 1:32pm
Incident type: House fire
Attending stations: Bury St Edmunds, Long Melford, Sudbury
BBQ gas cylinder fire in Mildenhall
Firefighters attended a fire involving a BBQ gas cylinder at a home in Mildenhall.
Closed
Location: Mildenhall
24 May 2026
Time: 9:38am
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Mildenhall, Newmarket
Chemical spill in Bury St Edmunds
Crews attended a chemical incident at a commercial premises on Western Way, Bury St Edmunds
Closed
Location: Bury St Edmunds
23 May 2026
Time: 3:14pm
Incident type: Hazardous materials
Attending stations: Stowmarket, Hadleigh, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Mildenhall
Rescue from depth emergency
Crews from Ipswich East and Ixworth mobilised to a property in Stanton (incident reference: 022514)
Closed
Location: Wyken Road, Stanton
18 May 2026
Time: 11:05am
Incident type: Person rescue
Attending stations: Ipswich East, Ixworth
Fire in Fornham Road, Bury St Edmunds
We received reports of a large plume of smoke from a shed fire in the rear gardens of properties on Fordham Road
Closed
Location: Fornham Road, Bury St Edmunds
15 May 2026
Time: 4:47pm
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Haverhill, Wickhambrook, Long Melford, Newmarket, Ixworth
Fire in Park Road, Haverhill
Multiple fire stations have crews in attendance at a significant building fire on a former school site, with the public asked to avoid the area
Closed
Location: Park Road, Haverhill
12 May 2026
Time: 8.20pm
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Orford, Woodbridge, Wickhambrook, Clare, Sudbury, Mildenhall, Newmarket
Outbuilding fire in Woolverstone Close
Four crews attend large fire involving multiple sheds and roofs in Pinewood, Ipswich
Closed
Location: Woolverstone Close, Pinewood, Ipswich
11 May 2026
Time: 9.11pm
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Ipswich Princes Street, Framlingham, Ipswich East
Report of smoke inside Clopton Village Hall
Crews to investigate whether the building, which is being used as a polling station, is safe (incident ref: 021902).
Closed
Location: Clopton Village Hall, Clopton
07 May 2026
Time: 9:54am
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Woodbridge