Police are looking for information after a car was set alight in a school car park.

Offenders set fire to a silver Nissan Micra, parked in The Ashcombe School in Ashcombe Road, Dorking last Wednesday.

Firefighters from Dorking battled with blazing fuel, which poured from the vehicle after its petrol tank ruptured.

They were on the scene for an hour before the blaze was extinguished using 40 litres of foam.

Fireman Tom Gomez, of Dorking fire station, said: "The fuel tank had ruptured so it had turned into a running fuel fire, which we had a bit of trouble extinguishing. In the end we had to get foam on it."

Emergency services said it was fortunate the flames did not cause injury or spread to other parts of the school grounds.

"It was about 5am so luckily no one was about," added Mr Gomez.

Investigating police officer, detective constable Dion O'Shea, said: "Arson is a very serious offence and puts people's lives at risk. Thankfully no one was injured and no buildings caught alight because of this vehicle fire but this was clearly a malicious act of criminal damage.

"This selfish and dangerous act not only destroyed someone's property but also wasted a great deal of the emergency services' time and money.

"We are working closely with our colleagues at Surrey Fire and Rescue Service to identify those responsible and I would urge anyone who has any information surrounding this arson attack to please come forward so we can bring those responsible to justice."

Police want to trace three people seen leaving the school grounds around the time of the fire, which happened at 5am on July 29.

They were seen turning left in the direction of Ranmore Common.

The first suspect was wearing a white, hooded sweatshirt with the hood up and black trousers.

The second was seen in a black, hooded sweatshirt also with the hood up, and the third was wearing a black top.

Anyone with information should call DC O'Shea at Epsom CID on 0845 125 2222.