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.
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
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
Fire affects rail services in Ipswich
A fire which spread to a railway embankment resulted in services being briefly affected. (Incident reference: 016540).
Ongoing
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
Grassland fire in Lowestoft
Crews were called to a grassland fire off Harbour Road in Lowestoft. Incident reference: 024695
Closed
Lowestoft
28 June 2026
12:56pm
Fire
Lowestoft South, Wrentham