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 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
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