{"id":181030,"date":"2025-10-06T01:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T01:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/181030\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T01:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T01:31:17","slug":"anti-migrant-protesters-laugh-as-firefighters-rush-to-brittania-hotel-in-canary-wharf-news-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/181030\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-migrant protesters laugh as firefighters rush to Brittania hotel in Canary Wharf | News UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SEI_263188187-dffa.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24346216\" alt=\"Police outside the Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf, London during an Abolish Asylum System demonstration. Picture date: Sunday August 24, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok\/PA Wire\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tEmergency services are attending to an incident at the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf (Picture: PA)<\/p>\n<p>Anti-migrant protesters chanted \u2018you just burnt to toast\u2019 as firefighters rushed hosepipes into a migrant hotel in east <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Britannia Hotel in <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/canary-wharf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canary Wharf<\/a> was searched for signs of fire this afternoon, London Fire Brigade confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters were seen carrying hoses into the building as the fire alarm was heard ringing.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-migrant protesters have regularly gathered outside the five-star property since it was revealed to be housing asylum seekers this summer.<\/p>\n<p>A clip of the hotel on Sunday afternoon showed demonstrators chanting \u2018you just burnt to toast\u2019 as emergency workers rushed into the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Union Jacks and St George\u2019s flags attached to a fence outside the hotel have since been removed, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/2117452\/britannia-hotel-live-emergency-services-london-migrant-hotel\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/2117452\/britannia-hotel-live-emergency-services-london-migrant-hotel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Express<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>No sign of fire was found within the building, LFB confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for London Fire Brigade said: \u2018Firefighters responded to reports of a possible fire at a hotel on Marsh Wall, Tower Hamlets. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Crews carried out a systematic search of the building for signs of fire, and none were discovered. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Brigade was first called about the incident at 4.50pm and crews from Millwall, Poplar, Whitechapel and surrounding fire stations have been sent to the scene.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Got a story? 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