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 in Pinewood
Suffolk Fire and Rescue was called to a terraced house fire in Wilson Road, Pinewood.
Closed
Location: Pinewood
04 October 2026
Time: 06.33am
Incident type: House fire
Attending stations: Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
House fire in Martlesham
Suffolk Fire and Rescue crews were called to a house fire in Nightingale Way, Martlesham
Closed
Location: Martlesham
04 October 2026
Time: 12.22pm
Incident type: House fire
Attending stations: Woodbridge, Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
Road traffic collision on the A143 at Ixworth
Crews from Bury St Edmunds were called to a two-vehicle collision on the A143 at Ixworth.
Closed
Location: Ixworth
03 October 2026
Time: 08.02am
Incident type: Road Traffic Collision
Attending stations: Bury St Edmunds
Tractor fire with near-by bungalow evacuated in Kenny Hill
Fire crews are currently fighting a tractor fire in Kenny Hill Drove, near Mildenhall. The owners of a near-by bungalow have been evacuated as a precaution.
Closed
Location: Kenny Hill, near Mildenhall
26 September 2026
Time: 11.11
Incident type: Vehicle fire
Attending stations: Mildenhall, Newmarket
House fire in Lowestoft
Two occupants have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in the kitchen of a terrace house in Summer Road, Lowestoft.
Closed
Location: Summer Road, Lowestoft
26 September 2026
Time: 5.45pm
Incident type: House fire
Attending stations: Lowestoft North
Fire in industrial units, Bury St Edmunds
A large fire has broken out in units on Rougham Industrial Estate near Bury St Edmunds. (Incident reference: 031612)
Closed
Location: Bury St Edmunds
25 September 2026
Time: 10:35am
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Needham Market, Long Melford, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, Thetford, Ipswich East, Wickhambrook, Mildenhall
Fire in West Meadows, Ipswich
Multiple crews attended a fire in Ipswich following calls about smoke in the area.
Closed
Location: West Meadows, Ipswich
20 September 2026
Time: 4:49pm
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Ipswich Princes Street, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich East
Stubble fire, Tuddenham St Martin
Firefighters were called after four acres of stubble in a field caught fire. (Incident reference: 031272)
Closed
Location: Main Road, Tuddenham St Martin
18 September 2026
Time: 2:20pm
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Haverhill, Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Woodbridge, Needham Market
Woman rescued by firefighters from crashed car, Newmarket
A woman had to be cut free from her car after it ended up on its roof following a collision with another vehicle. (Incident reference: 031159)
Closed
Location: Studlands Park Avenue, Newmarket
16 September 2026
Time: 8:29am
Incident type: Road Traffic Collision
Attending stations: Bury St Edmunds, Elmswell, Mildenhall, Newmarket
One freed after two vehicle collision, Shelland
A woman had to be cut free from the wreckage of her car after a two-vehicle collision. (Incident reference: 031164)
Closed
Location: Lower Road, Shelland
16 September 2026
Time: 9:00
Incident type: Road Traffic Collision
Attending stations: Bury St Edmunds, Needham Market
Gas leak after car collides with house, Newmarket
A woman was treated by medics and residents evacuated after a car collided with a house, rupturing a gas pipe. (Incident reference: 031095)
Closed
Location: Park Lane, Newmarket
15 September 2026
Time: 2.28am
Incident type: Other
Attending stations: Newmarket
Two freed from vehicles after collision, Tuddenham
One person had to be cut free after the two vehicle incident which left two people needing medical treatment. (Incident number: 031113)
Closed
Location: Icknield Way, Tuddenham
15 September 2026
Time: 10:35am
Incident type: Road Traffic Collision
Attending stations: Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, Mildenhall