Separate suspected arson attacks in Epsom have destroyed a derelict mansion, ten lorries at a family business and a skip.

The former Epsom hospital site, picured below, was extensively damaged by the blaze, so its cause cannot be investigated by firefighters who said it was started deliberately - the latest in a spate of attacks there.

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Officers from Surrey Fire and Rescue were first called out just after 7.30pm on Friday, October 2, to Hollywood Lodge - part of the former Epsom hospital site in Horton Lane.

Since the hospital closed down in 2003 it has suffered repeated arson attacks and been daubed with graffiti.

Just hours later, 10 of a family haulage company's 22 lorries were completely burnt out in a suspected arson attack.

Four crews from neighbouring stations were sent to Penwarden Haulage in College Road, Epsom, at 4.45am where they found ten lorries and a skip from Premier Skips alight.

Nearby residents reported being woken up by "horrendous" flames and "loud bangs" from exploding tyres.

An investigation into the fire concluded it had a deliberate origin.

Much of the damage will be covered by insurance and it will revise its existing security systems, the company said.

Luke Penwarden, transport manager of the family business said he could not imagine why someone would target the company.

He said: "We’re not the sort of firm to upset people. In 25 years we have not upset anyone.

"I just don’t know why someone would do this.

"We are definitely going to be very secured from now on. No one will be able to get in again."

A spokesperson from Epsom fire station said crews had been called to the empty three-storey hospital, built in the early eighteenth century, around a dozen times over the past 10 years.

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The mansion, pictured above, was originally called Horton Lodge and stood in landscaped grounds, with a walled garden, stables, ornamental ponds and an icehouse.

Crews from Surrey Fire and Rescue sent seven fire engines and three specialist vehicles to tackle the fire which gutted the building.

A spokesman for Surrey Police said: "A scene guard was put in place overnight after fire services had put out the suspicious blaze.

"Due to the extent of the fire there are no further opportunities for forensic or fire investigation."

Surrey Police are now appealing for witnesses to the Penwarden Haluage company fire.

DC Karen Scholey investigating said: “This is an enormous loss to the company and I am appealing for anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity in or around the vicinity of the offence to pass any information to Surrey Police.

"We need to locate and bring those responsible for this outrageous offence to justice.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Surrey Police on 101 quoting reference 45150089704 or by using the online reporting system found at https://my.surrey.police.uk/splonlinereportingweb.