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 the open off Old Norwich Road, visible from A14
Crews have been mobilised to attend the fire which has been reported as a possible field or woodland fire (Incident ref: 026295)
Ongoing
Old Norwich Road, Ipswich
17 July 2026
10:37am
Fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Needham Market, Newmarket
Compost heap fire in Monks Eleigh
Crews in attendance at a compost heap fire in Monks Eleigh (incident reference: 026014)
Closed
Monks Eleigh
14 July 2026
6:21am
Fire
Hadleigh, Long Melford, Sudbury
Crop fire, Hawstead
Six engines and a mobile support unit are set to a fire in a wheat field near Bury St Edmunds. (Incident reference: 026059).
Closed
Hawstead
14 July 2026
12:57pm
Fire
Stowmarket, Sudbury, Long Melford, Haverhill, Newmarket, Thetford
Fire affects rail services in Ipswich
A fire which spread to a railway embankment resulted in services being briefly affected. (Incident reference: 016540).
Closed
Ipswich
14 July 2026
12:41pm
Fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
Field fire in Clare
Crews are in attendance at a large fire in the open on Stoke Road in Clare (incident reference: 025821)
Closed
Clare
12 July 2026
4:07pm
Fire
Clare, Haverhill, Long Melford, Sudbury, Bury St Edmunds, Nayland, Ixworth, Newmarket
Garden fire in Stowmarket
Crews are in attendance at a garden fire on Creeting Road West in Stowmarket (incident reference: 025851)
Closed
Stowmarket
12 July 2026
6:00pm
Fire
Ipswich East, Debenham, Stowmarket, Stradbroke, Framlingham, Wickhambrook
Multiple appliances mobilised to attend a building fire
Crews are in attendance at a building fire that started shortly before 9am (incident reference: 025625)
Closed
Lodge Road, Hollesley
08 July 2026
08:59am
Fire
Ipswich East, Ipswich Princes Street, Saxmundham, Felixstowe, Framlingham, Beccles, Needham Market, Haverhill, Newmarket, Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Long Melford
Field fire in Wetherden
Firefighters were called to a large fire in the open on Park Road in Wetherden
Closed
Wetherden
07 July 2026
10:37am
Fire
Bury St Edmunds, Ixworth, Elmswell, Haverhill
Caravan fire in Lakenheath
Crews were called to reports of a fire involving a caravan on Undley Road, Lakenheath.
Closed
Lakenheath
07 July 2026
8:14am
Fire
Brandon, Mildenhall, Thetford
Fire in the open on Old Felixstowe Road
Multiple crews attended a large fire in the open on Old Felixstowe Road, Stratton Hall
Closed
Felixstowe
03 July 2026
2:36pm
Fire
Felixstowe, Woodbridge, Ipswich East, Ipswich Princes Street, Framlingham, Needham Market
Fire in school storage yard
Firefighters tackled a blaze involving gas cylinders and petrol in the facilities yard of a school near Stowmarket.
Closed
Great Finborough
30 June 2026
06:17pm
Fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Needham Market, Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds
Farm fire in Cratfield
Crews were mobilised to attend a fire that had taken hold in an agricultural outbuilding (incident reference: 024754)
Closed
Grove Farm, Swan Green, Cratfield
29 June 2026
8:49am
Fire
Framlingham, Aldeburgh, Halesworth