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.
Domestic fire in Haverhill
Firefighters tackled a garage fire at the front of a single-storey bungalow that spread to an adjoining property and threatened other nearby homes.
Closed
Kestrel Road, Haverhill
13 November 2025
02:21am
House fire
Clare, Haverhill
Container fire at waste site, Stowmarket
One container well alight at Stowmarket Recycling Centre. Crews fighting the fire from above due to dangerous conditions and location.
Closed
Stowmarket Recycling Centre, Bury Road
10 November 2025
4.43pm
Fire
Stowmarket
Muck heap on fire, Ixworth
A large muck heap is on fire at a farm in Ixworth with near-by residents advised to keep windows and doors shut because of large smoke plume.
Closed
Bardwell Road, Ixworth
09 November 2025
6.52am
Fire
Ixworth
House fire, 2 people rescued, Ipswich
Two people were treated for smoke inhalation by paramedics after a house fire in the early hours of Friday morning
Closed
Croft Street, Ipswich
07 November 2025
00:45
House fire
Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East
Farmyard fire, Bardwell
A fire in a manure heap threatened to spread to an adjoining building and straw stack before being contained.
Closed
Bardwell
06 November 2025
12.36am
Fire
Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket
Trapped dog rescue, Market Weston
Senna the spaniel went through a 'ruff' time but was none the worse for wear after getting trapped 30m in a drainage pipe.
Closed
Hepworth Road, Market Weston
04 November 2025
11.14am
Animal rescue
Thatch fire near Cockfield
Crews were called at 3pm to reports of a thatched cottage in Great Green, near Cockfield.
Closed
Great Green, Cockfield
03 November 2025
3pm
House fire
Stowmarket, Sudbury, Long Melford, Clare, Bury St Edmunds, Elmswell, Ixworth, Newmarket
Woman freed from car, Ipswich
A woman was freed from her car by firefighters following a two vehicle collision in Ipswich.
Closed
Norwich Road, Ipswich
01 November 2025
10.39am
Road Traffic Collision
Ipswich Princes Street
Thatch fire in Rickinghall
Multiple crews from Suffolk and Norfolk in attendance at a fire involving a thatched property
Closed
The Street, Rickinghall
26 October 2025
11:57am
Fire
Bury St Edmunds, Ixworth, Haverhill, Stowmarket, Newmarket, Beccles, Holbrook, Long Melford, Orford, Lowestoft North, Halesworth, Aldeburgh, Framlingham, Bungay
Single vehicle road accident, Bredfield
A car ended up on its roof after leaving the road and narrowly missing a house, but the driver escaped with minor injuries.
Closed
Caters Road, Bredfield
16 October 2025
2.18pm
Road Traffic Collision
Woodbridge, Ipswich East, Aldeburgh
Person trapped in forklift at Felixstowe Docks
Firefighters from Felixstowe and Ipswich East used an aerial ladder platform to rescue a driver from a forklift that had tipped onto its front.
Closed
Felixstowe Dock Service Area
15 October 2025
00:04
Road Traffic Collision
Felixstowe, Ipswich East
Road traffic collision in Worlington
Firefighters were called to reports of a 2-vehicle road traffic collision on Mildenhall Road, Worlington.
Closed
Mildenhall Road, Worlington
11 October 2025
11:05am
Road Traffic Collision
Brandon, Newmarket