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.
Horse stuck in swimming pool
Crews from both Suffolk and Norfolk Fire and Rescue Services mobilised (incident reference: 021867)
Closed
The Old Stables, The Street, Wissett
05 May 2026
10:20am
Animal rescue
Wrentham, Lowestoft South
Road traffic collision in Stradishall
Two vehicles were involved in a collision and no one was trapped (incident reference 021882)
Closed
Stradishall
05 May 2026
6:37pm
Road Traffic Collision
Clare, Wickhambrook
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