Multiple Suffolk Fire and Rescue crews were called in late yesterday morning to tackle a blaze at the first floor of an office block on BT’s research and development focused Adastral Park site near Ipswich. The business park is home to around 150 other ICT companies that contribute toward both BT and their own development.
At this stage, little is known about the event, except that Firefighters with seven appliances attended the site just after 10:30am on Saturday (1st March 2025). The fire is understood to have been contained quite quickly, which limited the damage, and the fire was then extinguished just before 2pm.
According to the BBC News, a total of 12 firefighters entered the building wearing breathing apparatus to extinguish the fire. Investigations into the cause of the fire will begin next week and there’s currently no mention of anybody being hurt during the incident. We have approached BT for comment and will update when they respond. Thanks to one of our readers, Ian, for spotting this.
UPDATE 4:23pm
We’ve been informed that the fire wasn’t in one of BT’s own buildings on the site and no BT asset was impacted. It’s not currently known who was hit.