Around 75 fans were rescued from rooftops and other elevated locations while police made 16 arrests during Arsenal's long-awaited Premier League trophy parade.
Arsenal's long-awaited Premier League title celebrations drew massive crowds across north London on Sunday, but emergency services were forced into action as dozens of supporters climbed onto rooftops and structures for a better view of the champions.
Hundreds of thousands of fans packed the streets around the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal celebrated their first league title since the club's famed 2003-04 "Invincibles" campaign. Red smoke filled the air, chants echoed through the borough of Islington and supporters lined every available vantage point to catch a glimpse of manager Mikel Arteta and his players parading the trophy aboard an open-top bus.
The scale of the celebrations transformed north London into a sea of red and white, but the sheer size of the crowd also created significant safety challenges.
The London Fire Brigade said it rescued approximately 75 people from incidents involving height during the parade after supporters climbed trees, rooftops, station structures and traffic lights along the route.
