A cinema was evacuated this morning after the D in its iconic sign burst into flames.

While staff were inside preparing to show films including How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Box Trolls later in the morning, outside an apparent electrical fault caused a scare.

Amazingly it is not the first time a sign has exploded.

Earlier this summer the O in the Kingston Odeon cinema sign caught fire.

At the time Twitter user @bilaal_lone posted a video of the firefighters putting out the fire, saying: "Only in Kingston does the Odeon sign set alight."

Not correct.

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Pic David Blackmore

Firefighters from Epsom and Leatherhead were called to this morning's fire in Upper High Street, Epsom town centre, at 9.30am.

An Epsom fireman said: "It was an electric wire inside the sign that caught fire.

"A passer-by noticed it was smoking and called us."

Firefighters spent 20 minutes putting the fire out and no-one was injured.

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