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.
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
14 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
11 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
10 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
06 May 2026
Time: 9:54am
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Woodbridge
3-storey house on fire in Crown Street, Bury St Edmunds
Crews from multiple stations have been mobilised to attend (incident reference: 021905)
Closed
Location: Crown Street, Bury St Edmunds
06 May 2026
Time: 10:46am
Incident type: House fire
Attending stations: Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, Haverhill, Ixworth, Long Melford, Woodbridge
Horse stuck in swimming pool
Crews from both Suffolk and Norfolk Fire and Rescue Services mobilised (incident reference: 021867)
Closed
Location: The Old Stables, The Street, Wissett
05 May 2026
Time: 10:20am
Incident type: Animal rescue
Attending stations: Wrentham, Lowestoft South
Road traffic collision in Stradishall
Two vehicles were involved in a collision and no one was trapped (incident reference 021882)
Closed
Location: Stradishall
05 May 2026
Time: 6:37pm
Incident type: Road Traffic Collision
Attending stations: Clare, Wickhambrook
Road traffic collision involving a property in East Bergholt
Fire crews attend at an incident where a vehicle has hit a 2-storey property on Gaston End, East Bergholt
Closed
Location: Gaston End, East Bergholt
29 April 2026
Time: 3:40pm
Incident type: Road Traffic Collision
Attending stations: Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
Crews in attendance at house fire on Bulmer Road
A fire that originated in an outbuilding has spread to the ground floor of a private home (incident ref: 021533)
Closed
Location: Bulmer Road, Sudbury
29 April 2026
Time: 8:21am
Incident type: House fire
Attending stations: Clare, Long Melford, Sudbury
House fire on Spring Road, Ipswich
A fire that started in the property's back garden has spread to the rear extension (incident ref: 021568)
Closed
Location: Spring Road, Ipswich
29 April 2026
Time: 2:54pm
Incident type: House fire
Attending stations: Ipswich East, Hadleigh, Woodbridge
Fire crews attend caravan fire in Nacton
Fire crews attended an incident of a fire at a caravan on the Priory Park Caravan Park near Nacton
Closed
Location: Priory Park Caravan Park, Nacton
29 April 2026
Time: 6:05pm
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Ipswich East, Ipswich Princes Street, Woodbridge
Fire crews attend muck heap fire near Mildenhall
Crews attended a fire within a 150-tonne muck heap near Mildenhall which had spread to nearby trees.
Closed
Location: Mildenhall
29 April 2026
Time: 5:18pm
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Mildenhall, Brandon, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket