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.
Outbuilding fire in Layham
Neighbouring homes are being advised to keep doors and windows closed due to smoke
Closed
The Street, Layham
21 February 2026
09.53am
Fire
Building fire in Bures St Mary
Crews attended a barn fire, local residents advised to keep doors and windows shut due to low lying smoke. Traffic advised to avoid area. (Incident re: 018351)
Closed
Bures St Mary
13 February 2026
5:56am
Fire
Nayland, Sudbury, Leiston
RTC in Rendlesham
Crews mobilised to attend a single vehicle RTC in which one occupant was injured (Incident ref: 018292)
Closed
Rendlesham, Suffolk
11 February 2026
12:27pm
Road Traffic Collision
Orford, Saxmundham, Woodbridge
Vehicle fire in staff car park at residential care home
Staff and residents were evacuated as a precautionary measure (incident ref: 018252)
Closed
The Briars Residential Care Home, Hunts Hill, Glemsford
10 February 2026
9:51am
Vehicle fire
Clare, Long Melford
Crews attend fire in domestic property
Three crews were mobilised in the early hours of the morning following a call from the homeowner (incident ref: 018222).
Closed
8 Summer Road, Walsham Le Willows
09 February 2026
3:59am
House fire
Bury St Edmunds, Ixworth
One vehicle RTC on A14 (eastbound) at Junction 43
Four crews responded to a one vehicle RTC with one person trapped (incident reference: 18178)
Closed
A14, Junction 43
07 February 2026
4:37pm
Road Traffic Collision
Bury St Edmunds, Ixworth, Elmswell, Needham Market
Garage fire, Exning
Two cars parked in a garage in Oxford Street are damaged by fire (incident ref: 018009).
Closed
Oxford Street, Exning
03 February 2026
1:25am
Vehicle fire
Newmarket
Flat fire in Ipswich
Three appliances attend an incident in a basement flat in Withipoll Street (incident ref: 018006).
Ongoing
Withipoll Street, Ipswich
03 February 2026
1.11am
House fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
Building fire on Back Street, Lakenheath
Fire crews were called to a serious building fire on the High Street, Lakenheath following multiple emergency calls reporting a property well alight.
Closed
Lakenheath
29 January 2026
11:20pm
Fire
Haverhill, Ixworth, Brandon, Mildenhall, Newmarket
Vehicle stuck in flood water
A female driver had to be rescued from her vehicle after it became stuck in rising floodwater (incident ref: 017740)
Closed
Otley Bottom, Otley
27 January 2026
1:54pm
Flood
Ipswich Princes Street
Car stuck in floodwater
The driver, and sole occupant, of a vehicle had to be rescued from his car after the engine cut out in floodwater (incident ref: 017741)
Closed
Culpho Manor, Grundisburgh Road, Culpho, IP6
27 January 2026
2:33pm
Flood
Ipswich East, Ipswich Princes Street
Chip shop fire in Honington
Crews from Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and a single crew from Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service attend (incident reference: 017577).
Closed
Unit 4, Green Lane, Honington
22 January 2026
6.28pm
Fire
Brandon, Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich Princes Street