Cars outside a prison were damaged when one burst into flames yesterday afternoon.
Firefighters were called to the car park at High Down prison near Banstead at 1.35pm after a Volkswagen Polo caught alight.
It is the latest in a series of call-outs to the fire brigade to the prison in recent months.
March 11: Prison inmate sets fire to plastic bag "full of paper" in cell
Feb 24: Inmate starts fire in prison cell at High Down near Banstead
A spokesman at Banstead fire station said the blaze damaged paintwork on a nearby Vauxhall people carrier before firefighters were able to extinguish the fire.
Both cars belonged to prison officers but the incident is not being treated as suspicious.
A fireman said: "We had two cars alight in the car park. It was not suspicious but looks like there was an electrical fault in the first car and the fire spread to a second one."
One of Epsom’s two fire engines and half the town’s firefighters relocated to Banstead in the Autumn.
November: Epsom's fire engine moves to police station in Banstead
Two firefighters in breathing apparatus used a hose reel to put out the blaze. The front of the Polo was destroyed but they managed to stop the petrol tank catching fire.
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