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The burnt-out remains of the Reeves Furniture story in Croydon this morning.
The burnt-out remains of the Reeves Furniture story in Croydon this morning.
Image: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

In photos: Fire crews work through the night as rioting spreads from London

Hundreds of people have been arrested as rioting and looting spread to Liverpool, Birmingham and Bristol.
Aug 9th 2011, 9:33 AM 1,431 5

BRITISH PRIME Minister David Cameron is holding crisis meetings today over the escalating unrest in London, which spread last night to Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool.

Buildings and cars were burned by groups of rioters, shop windows were smashed and stores looted.

Police are calling for people to identify anyone involved in the rioting and community groups are organising clean-up operations in a number of areas this morning. While some people woke up to burnt-out buildings this morning, others, like Ben Schofield, watched their cars burn during the disturbances last night:

Yes – Liverpool now burning too. That’s my car on fire.

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