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.
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.
Has your cinema sign caught fire? Call the newsdesk on 020 8722 6346 or email newsdesk@epsomguardian.co.uk
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