Red flares fall over Wapping in London, UK.
NEWS:
Red flares fell over Wapping in east London, UK, on Sunday night, June 7, 2026, sparking small fires and damaging property near the River Thames.
Video footage from the area shows multiple red flares descending slowly over the riverside. The devices appear to fall with parachute-like material attached, leaving red light and sparks across the night sky before landing in residential and mooring areas.
The footage confirms the flares falling over Wapping. It does not show who launched them, where they were launched from, or why they were set off.
The flares landed on or near houseboats, homes, cars and a local football pitch. Three fires were reported on moored houseboats. Residents put out the flames before London Fire Brigade crews arrived.
Local accounts also reported two burn holes in the roof of a residential building and damage to an astroturf football pitch. White residue and red caps were later reported around the high street and nearby areas where the flares landed.
One witness described the devices as looking like fireworks on parachutes and said residents quickly extinguished three fires on boats after the flares landed. Another account described dozens of flares descending over the area at about 00:10:30 p.m.
The London Fire Brigade was called to the scene, but the fires had already been extinguished before firefighters arrived. The Metropolitan Police received calls about the flares, but no public information reviewed for this report confirmed that officers attended the incident that night.
No public authority statement reviewed for this report identified who launched the flares. No confirmed motive was released.
The available record confirms that red flares fell over Wapping, small fires were started, residents extinguished them before firefighters arrived, and property was damaged. The source of the flares remained publicly unidentified.
News story written by DarkGore.
