Scene: Firefighters are tackling a blaze at Winchester prison
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Jamie Bullen1 April 2016
Firefighters tonight tackled two fires at Winchester prison.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said it had sent four fire engines to the category B prison just after 8pm on Friday.
According to reports, crews extinguished two "small fires" in two cells and no-one was injured.
A crew manager of Winchester fire station told the Daily Echo: "It was two small fires in two different cells, a person started one of the small fires while we were there.
"There were no injuries and everyone was fine and we cleared out the smoke."
Firefighters have now left the scene.
