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.
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
Spring Road, Ipswich
29 April 2026
2:54pm
House fire
Ipswich East, Hadleigh, Woodbridge
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
Bulmer Road, Sudbury
29 April 2026
8:21am
House fire
Clare, Long Melford, Sudbury
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
Gaston End, East Bergholt
29 April 2026
3:40pm
Road Traffic Collision
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
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
Priory Park Caravan Park, Nacton
29 April 2026
6:05pm
Fire
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
Mildenhall
29 April 2026
5:18pm
Fire
Mildenhall, Brandon, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket
Firefighters called to a car on fire in a garage
Fire crews attended reports of a car on fire, with the blaze spreading to the garage of a house in Higham.
Closed
Lower Street, Higham
28 April 2026
3:42pm
Vehicle fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Nayland
Collison on A14 Junction 57 westbound
A heavy goods vehicle and car have collided at the top of the slip road (incident ref: 021424)
Closed
A14, westbound carriageway, junction 57
27 April 2026
9:13am
Road Traffic Collision
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Woodbridge
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