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.
Large fire at HMP Highpoint
Fourteen appliances mobilised plus one from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (incident ref: 021316)
Closed
Stradishall, Suffolk
24 April 2026
2:40pm
Fire
Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich East, Ixworth, Clare, Newmarket, Long Melford, Sudbury, Woodbridge, Haverhill, Mildenhall, Stowmarket, Hadleigh, Framlingham, Holbrook
Barn on fire at a farm in Wetherden
A fire has broken out in a building used to store workshop equipment and propane cylinders (Incident ref: 012141)
Closed
Upper Town, Wetherden, IP14 3NG
22 April 2026
1:46pm
Fire
Wickhambrook, Ipswich Princes Street, Stowmarket, Newmarket, Needham Market, Haverhill, Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds
Open field fire in Harleston
An open field fire in Harleston is causing a large plume of smoke, residents are being asked to keep windows and doors closed (Incident reference: 21183)
Closed
Haughley Road, Harleston
21 April 2026
2.30pm
Fire
Newmarket, Needham Market, Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket
Crews in attendance at house fire in Hundon
A fire which began in a Bee Smoker has spread to the property's garden and bungalow (incident ref: 020934)
Closed
Farmerie Road, Hundon
16 April 2026
4:04pm
House fire
Clare, Haverhill, Long Melford
House fire on Albion Road, Bungay
Crews from Halesworth, Bungay and Lowestoft South mobilised (incident reference: 020877)
Closed
Albion Road, Bungay
15 April 2026
8:13am
House fire
Bungay, Halesworth, Lowestoft South
Crews respond to single vehicle RTC involving electric pole
Two casualties were safely rescued following a single vehicle collision with an electric pole.
Closed
Great Livermere
12 April 2026
3:52pm
Road Traffic Collision
Bury St Edmunds
Fire Crews extinguish barn fire in Drinkstone
Fire crews successfully brought a barn fire involving tractors under control in Drinkstone.
Closed
Drinkstone
11 April 2026
07:07
Fire
Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket, Newmarket
Fire crews tackle fire at Oulton Broad North Railway Station
Fire crews from Suffolk and Norfolk tackle fire at a commercial building within Oulton Broad North station.
Closed
Oulton Broad North Railway Station
09 April 2026
12:00am
Fire
Lowestoft South, Lowestoft North, Reydon and Southwold, Halesworth
Fire crews tow vehicle out ditch to release occupants
Fire crews helped two people exit their vehicle after driving into a ditch in Ipswich.
Closed
Crane Boulevard, Ipswich
07 April 2026
4:06pm
Person rescue
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
Fire crews extinguish a fence and shed fire in Ipswich.
Fire Crews attended a fire in Newton Road, Ipswich, where a fence fire had spread into neighbouring properties
Closed
Newton Road, Ipswich
07 April 2026
6:32pm
Fire
Ipswich East, Ipswich Princes Street
Fire Fighters extinguish a fire in a summerhouse
Fire fighters extinguished a fire in a garden summerhouse in Benhall, Saxmundham.
Closed
Deadman's Lane, Benhall
05 April 2026
4:53pm
Fire
Saxmundham, Framlingham
Fire crews attend road traffic collision in Stonham Aspal
Fire crews and the ambulance service attended a collision between two vehicles on Norwich Road, Stonham Aspal.
Closed
Norwich Road, Stonham Aspal
04 April 2026
08:06am
Road Traffic Collision
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Needham Market