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.
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Location: Mildenhall
29 April 2026
Time: 5:18pm
Incident type: Fire
Attending stations: Mildenhall, Brandon, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket

Fire crews attended to a fire within a muck heap near Mildenhall, which was spreading to nearby trees. 

Crews from Mildenhall, Brandon, Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket attended the scene and used 2 Hose Reel Jets to fight the fire.  

They successfully stopped the spread of the fire into further nearby trees and formed a fire break with the help of the farmer.  

A stop to this incident was called at 8:26pm