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.

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Fire in garage and garden

Three crews attended to a fire in a garage and garden (incident reference: 028022)

Closed

St Mary's Gardens, Creeting St Mary

04 August 2026

5:39am

Fire

Stowmarket, Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East

Fire in an outside storage area

Crews attended a fire in an outside storage area near the B&M Home Store. Local residents advised to keep doors and windows closed (incident reference: 027969)

Closed

Warren Heath Retail Park, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich

03 August 2026

5:26pm

Fire

Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Holbrook, Felixstowe, Hadleigh

Fire at landfill site

Four crews responding to a fire at Masons landfill site, Bramford Lane. Local residents advised to keep doors and windows closed (incident reference: 027745)

Closed

Bramford Road, Great Blakenham

02 August 2026

12:52am

Vehicle fire

Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Framlingham, Haverhill

Building fire near Brantham

Four crews are responding to a fire at the former ICI site, Factory Lane. Local residents advised to keep doors and windows closed (incident reference: 027675)

Closed

Factory Lane, Brantham

01 August 2026

4:17pm

Fire

Ipswich East, Nayland, Hadleigh, Newmarket

Large fire in the open - smoke visible from 6 miles away

Crews from Suffolk are being supported on scene by colleagues from Norfolk Fire and Rescue (incident ref: 027192)

Closed

Mill Lane, Metfield

29 July 2026

2:15pm

Fire

Bungay, Leiston, Halesworth

Animal rescue in Bramfield

Four crews successfully rescued two donkeys from a pond (incident reference: 027173)

Closed

Darsham Road, Bramfield

29 July 2026

9:36am

Animal rescue

Lowestoft South, Halesworth, Wrentham

Large forest fire on Dunwich Heath

Crews from Suffolk Fire and Rescue are in attendance at a large wildfire on Dunwich (incident reference: 027239)

Ongoing

Dunwich Heath

29 July 2026

5:00pm

Fire

Leiston, Reydon and Southwold, Halesworth, Beccles, Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Lowestoft South, Lowestoft North, Stradbroke, Wrentham, Bungay, Saxmundham, Haverhill, Orford, Stowmarket, Felixstowe, Woodbridge

Undergrowth well alight in woodland

Crews from three fire stations have been mobilised to a fire in the open (incident reference: 027138)

Closed

Hazel Shrub, Bentley

28 July 2026

2:35pm

Fire

Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Leiston

Crop fire in Butley

Crews from three stations in attendance at a crop fire in Butley (incident reference: 027154)

Closed

Lower Corner, Butley

28 July 2026

6:57pm

Fire

Woodbridge, Orford, Leiston

Crews mobilised to fight fire in the open

Three fire appliances and a water bowser are on scene (incident reference: 027055)

Closed

Marks Lane, Santon Downham

27 July 2026

12:45pm

Fire

Newmarket, Brandon, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds

Field fire in East Bergholt

Crews are in attendance at a field fire on Putticks Lane, East Bergolt (incident reference: 026898)

Closed

East Bergholt

25 July 2026

6:48pm

Fire

Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Holbrook, Felixstowe, Stowmarket, Hadleigh, Nayland, Long Melford, Haverhill, Ixworth, Debenham, Sudbury, Bury St Edmunds, Elmswell

Building fire in Ashfield cum Thorpe

Crews are in attendance at a building fire on Grove Lane in Ashfield cum Thorpe (incident reference: 026855)

Closed

Ashfield cum Thorpe

24 July 2026

06:25pm

Fire

Needham Market, Ipswich Princes Street, Debenham, Saxmundham, Stowmarket