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.
Chip shop fire in Honington
Crews from Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and a single crew from Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service attend (incident reference: 017577).
Ongoing
Unit 4, Green Lane, Honington
22 January 2026
6.28pm
Fire
Brandon, Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich Princes Street
Horse stuck in waterlogged ditch
A coordinated multi‑crew effort successfully freed Vinny the horse from a deep, water‑filled ditch using specialist rescue equipment. (incident ref: 01755)
Closed
Church Farm, Hoxne Road, Eye
22 January 2026
12.27pm
Animal rescue
Ipswich Princes Street, Eye, Diss
A vehicle fire in an auto repair shop prompts call to 999
Fire crews mobilised to extinguish fire in rear of car outside R J Car and Commercial on Hervey Street (incident ref: 017519)
Closed
Hervey Street, Ipswich, IP4
21 January 2026
10:24am
Vehicle fire
Ipswich East, Ipswich Princes Street
One Vehicle RTC on Long Road Lowestoft
Lowestoft crews called to a person trapped in a small vehicle to assist with extraction (incident reference: 017314)
Closed
Long Road Lowestoft
17 January 2026
12:16am
Road Traffic Collision
Lowestoft South
Commercial building fire on Carr Street, Ipswich
Crews currently on scene. All personnel evacuated from building prior to their arrival (incident ref: 017280)
Closed
Carr Street, Ipswich
16 January 2026
10:44am
Fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
Two-vehicle RTC on A14 eastbound at junction 47 for Elmswell
Due to the incident, motorists on the A14 eastbound experienced delays between junctions 47 and 49 (incident ref: 017268)
Closed
A14 eastbound at Junction 47 (Woolpit/Elmswell interchange)
16 January 2026
06:37am
Road Traffic Collision
Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich East
First Floor Flat Fire in Newmarket
First floor flat fire in Newmarket, crews from Suffolk and Cambridgeshire in attendance (incident reference: 017304)
Closed
Newmarket
16 January 2026
9:41pm.
Fire
Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Ixworth, Brandon
Two vehicle RTC involving a lorry and a car
The collision has resulted in the female driver of the car becoming trapped in her vehicle (incident reference: 017197)
Closed
The Street, Stoke by Clare
14 January 2026
2:37pm
Road Traffic Collision
Clare, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds
LGV RTC due to icy conditions - single vehicle involved.
A large goods vehicle (LGV) has collided with a tree and come to rest on its side in a ditch (incident ref: 0171486)
Closed
Skippers Lane, Withersfield
14 January 2026
9:49am
Road Traffic Collision
Haverhill, Newmarket
House fire in two-storey mid-terrace home on Broom Hill Rd.
Firefighters use breathing apparatus while tackling blaze that started in downstairs living room (incident ref: 017190)
Closed
Broom Hill Road, Ipswich
14 January 2026
10:59am
House fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
Barn fire in Occold
Firefighters from Suffolk and Norfolk dealt with a fire in a barn containing gas cylinders in Occold, near Eye.
Closed
Occold
13 January 2026
4:12pm
Fire
Eye, Diss, Needham Market, Debenham
Road traffic collision in Rougham
A single vehicle road traffic collision, with the vehicle in a ditch, in Rougham, near Bury St Edmunds.
Closed
Rougham
13 January 2026
5:39pm
Road Traffic Collision
Bury St Edmunds