A fire raged just 25 metres away from a wedding on Saturday (May 27) in Mickleham .

Firefighters were called to the Mercure Box Hill Burford Bridge Hotel, near Dorking , at 10.30pm to a blaze in a bin store near the Tithe Barn.

Cylinders from three fridges in the store were alight as several explosions were heard, the Surrey Mirror reported.

Watch commander Tony Wild, from Dorking fire station, said: "No-one was injured, but there was a wedding going on nearby which was quite interesting.

"It only affected it in a good way, for the photo opportunities."

Firefighters put the blaze out within half an hour, but it had completely destroyed the bin store, the fridges and the bins inside.

The fire was thought to have started from someone discarding a cigarette or other smoking materials.

Watch commander Wild urged smokers to make sure their cigarettes were discarded properly, saying: "Smoking materials can cause severe damage if they are not extinguished correctly."


