Press Association and news reporter
BRIXTON, England — Riot police protected New Cross firefighters while they were battling a blaze in Brixton Sunday night.
The crew was called to the fire in the Foot Locker shoe shop in Brixton Road at about midnight along with five crews from south west London.
And witnesses saw riot police clash with looters at a Currys store nearby.
The fresh violence comes after a protest in Tottenham, north London, on Saturday, which followed the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan, 29, on Thursday.
Disturbances erupted Sunday in several boroughs in north, south and east London, with reports of trouble in Brixton, Enfield, Walthamstow and Islington.
Press Association photographer Lewis Whyld described the scenes at the Brixton Currys store.
He said: “A couple of 100 youths were rioting and looting.
“Riot police went in to get them out and there was a big fight in the street.
“Youths were throwing rocks and bottles and there was a bin on fire.
“They used a fire extinguisher to push the police back so they could get back into Currys and continue taking things out.”
The New Cross firefighters returned to their station at about 3.30am this morning.
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