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.
Crews on scene to extinguish small fires at warehouse
Firefighters from Bury St Edmunds in attendance following reports of a cherry picker fire (Incident ref: 032451)
Ongoing
Olding Road, Bury St Edmunds
13 October 2026
9:56am
Fire
Bury St Edmunds
Three cows rescued in Leiston
Three young cows stuck in a ditch in Leiston were safely rescued by firefighters.
Closed
The Common, Leiston
10 October 2026
2:13pm
Animal rescue
Leiston, Aldeburgh, Lowestoft South, Halesworth, Orford
House fire in Lowestoft
Firefighters have rescued a person from a house fire on Beccles Road in Lowestoft.
Closed
Lowestoft
09 October 2026
12:16pm
House fire
Lowestoft South, Lowestoft North
House fire in Ipswich
Firefighters have rescued a person from a house fire in Gordon Road, Ipswich.
Closed
Ipswich
09 October 2026
12:17pm
House fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Woodbridge, Needham Market
House fire in Pinewood
Suffolk Fire and Rescue was called to a terraced house fire in Wilson Road, Pinewood.
Closed
Pinewood
04 October 2026
06.33am
House fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
House fire in Martlesham
Suffolk Fire and Rescue crews were called to a house fire in Nightingale Way, Martlesham
Closed
Martlesham
04 October 2026
12.22pm
House fire
Woodbridge, Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
Road traffic collision on the A143 at Ixworth
Crews from Bury St Edmunds were called to a two-vehicle collision on the A143 at Ixworth.
Closed
Ixworth
03 October 2026
08.02am
Road Traffic Collision
Bury St Edmunds
Tractor fire with near-by bungalow evacuated in Kenny Hill
Fire crews are currently fighting a tractor fire in Kenny Hill Drove, near Mildenhall. The owners of a near-by bungalow have been evacuated as a precaution.
Closed
Kenny Hill, near Mildenhall
26 September 2026
11.11
Vehicle fire
Mildenhall, Newmarket
House fire in Lowestoft
Two occupants have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in the kitchen of a terrace house in Summer Road, Lowestoft.
Closed
Summer Road, Lowestoft
26 September 2026
5.45pm
House fire
Lowestoft North
Fire in industrial units, Bury St Edmunds
A large fire has broken out in units on Rougham Industrial Estate near Bury St Edmunds. (Incident reference: 031612)
Closed
Bury St Edmunds
25 September 2026
10:35am
Fire
Needham Market, Long Melford, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, Thetford, Ipswich East, Wickhambrook, Mildenhall
Fire in West Meadows, Ipswich
Multiple crews attended a fire in Ipswich following calls about smoke in the area.
Closed
West Meadows, Ipswich
20 September 2026
4:49pm
Fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich East
Stubble fire, Tuddenham St Martin
Firefighters were called after four acres of stubble in a field caught fire. (Incident reference: 031272)
Closed
Main Road, Tuddenham St Martin
18 September 2026
2:20pm
Fire
Haverhill, Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Woodbridge, Needham Market