There was mayhem across East London this week as firework wielding youths went on a rampage.

Bethnal Green police station in Victoria Park Square was attacked by an "aerial bombardment" - a 30 multi-shot firework was chucked in filling the front office with smoke, damaging the ceiling and air vent, setting off the fire alarms and calling out the Fire Brigade.

Cops are treating the incident as arson, two suspects were spotted, and forensic officers are examining the device and studying CCTV footage.

Tower Hamlets Fire Brigade was responding to 77 emergency 999 calls on Guy Fawkes Night between 6pm and 2am.

Fire crews attacked

Again in Bethnal Green, youths fired a rocket at Fire crew on Florida Street - luckily it bounced off the vehicle.

A crew dealing with an out of control bonfire on the Collingwood Estate came under threat from youths throwing fireworks half-a-mile away on Brady Street.

Police back up

Police had to back up Fire Fighters from Millwall fire station on the Isle of Dogs after 30 youths threatened them at Norbiton Green in Limehouse. They also had to accompany a crew from Poplar when youths threw fireworks on Brabizon Street.

Out of control bonfires

Out of control bonfires were a common occurrence on Wednesday night, one St Paul’s Way, Mile End, threatened burn up a go-kart track close by, while another almost caught a block of flats on Bow’s Lockton Estate.

Firefighters rushed to put out an unsupervised bonfire in a children’s playground on John Fisher Street in Whitechapel.