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.
Gas leak after car collides with house, Newmarket
A woman was treated by medics and residents evacuated after a car collided with a house, rupturing a gas pipe. (Incident reference: 031095)
Closed
Park Lane, Newmarket
15 September 2026
2.28am
Other
Newmarket
Fire at industrial unit spreading to neighbouring facility
An investigation into the cause is now underway after crews worked thoughout the night to bring the fire under control. (Incident reference: 031021)
Ongoing
London Road, Beccles
14 September 2026
12:52
Fire
Lowestoft South, Lowestoft North, Wrentham, Beccles, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Newmarket, Haverhill, Leiston, Ixworth, Orford, Eye, Ipswich East
Cow rescued, Ixworth
A heifer which was trapped up to its shoulders in mud was rescued by firefighters.
Closed
Ixworth
12 September 2026
1.05pm
Animal rescue
Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich Princes Street, Thetford
Field fire in Drinkstone
Multiple crews attended a large field fire in Drinkstone (Incident Reference: 030618)
Closed
Rattlesden Road, Drinkstone
06 September 2026
1:31pm
Fire
Ipswich East, Woodbridge, Ipswich Princes Street, Stowmarket, Long Melford, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Ixworth, Mildenhall
People stuck on coaster at Pleasurewood Hills, Lowestoft
Firefighters are currently rescuing 27 people stuck on a rollercoaster at Pleasurewood Hills in Lowestoft.
Closed
Pleasurewood Hills, Lowestoft
31 August 2026
1:26pm
Person rescue
Ipswich East, Ixworth, Lowestoft South
Fire at waste and recycling processing centre in Haverhill
A large fire has broken out at a waste and recycling processing facility in Falconer Road in Haverhill. (Incident Ref: 030242)
Closed
Falconer Road, Haverhill
29 August 2026
9:46pm
Fire
Haverhill, Clare, Bury St Edmunds, Long Melford, Wickhambrook, Newmarket, Ixworth, Ipswich Princes Street, Felixstowe, Hadleigh, Stradbroke, Holbrook, Mildenhall, Sudbury, Nayland, Needham Market, Ipswich East, Brandon
Flat fire in Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire at a ground-floor flat in Bury St Edmunds. (Incident Ref: 029783)
Closed
Mermaid Close, Bury St Edmunds
23 August 2026
09:10am
House fire
Bury St Edmunds
East Bergholt Bonfire
Fire crews attended a bonfire in a disused swimming pool in East Bergholt this morning. (Incident Ref: 029724)
Closed
East End Lane, East Bergholt
22 August 2026
08:17am
Fire
Holbrook, Ipswich Princes Street
A140 Road Traffic Collision
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service was called to a road traffic collision on the A140 at the junction of Roman Road and The Street. (Incident ref: 029745)
Closed
A140 (Roman Road and The Street), Stoke Ash
22 August 2026
1:20pm
Road Traffic Collision
Diss
Southwold Animal Rescue
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service was called to an animal rescue incident near Southwold Golf Club (incident ref: 029744)
Closed
Palmer's Lane, Near Southwold Golf Club
22 August 2026
12:44pm
Animal rescue
Lowestoft South, Wrentham, Ipswich East
Large animal rescue in Southwold
Crews are en route to rescue a cow that is stuck neck-deep in water (incident ref: 029657)
Closed
Southwold
21 August 2026
2:08pm
Animal rescue
Lowestoft South, Bury St Edmunds, Halesworth
Police, fire and ambulance on scene at house fire
The fire has spread to a neighbouring property - both homes 100% involved (incident ref: 029575)
Closed
Felsham Road, Cockfield
19 August 2026
8:56pm
House fire
Hadleigh, Long Melford, Sudbury, Bury St Edmunds, Clare, Stowmarket, Newmarket, Haverhill, Ipswich East, Ixworth