FIREFIGHTERS were called after a prisoner set fire to his cell at Belmarsh Prison in Thamesmead this morning.
Crews from Woolwich and Plumstead managed to stop the blaze from spreading after being called to the category A prison at about 2am.
They were there for about an hour.
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