Just Stop Oil has been protesting in London today, blocking roads and emergency vehicles from passing through.
Separate videos shared online show both a fire engine and an ambulance on blue lights unable to get through traffic.
In total 32 protestors have blocked three roads in Knightsbridge and Brompton Road, with some gluing themselves to the surface.
One video showed a stationary fire engine in the middle of a junction near Knightsbridge Underground Station, with protesters blocking both the road behind and in front of the fire engine.
Just Stop Oil supporters pause roadblock to let fire engine through.@LBC @LBCNews pic.twitter.com/E2OZXj24bJ
— Just Stop Oil ⚖️💀🛢 (@JustStop_Oil) October 11, 2022
However, later on the group did allow a gap to let the fire engine through.
This action is the group's 11th consecutive day of disruption in the capital as they have protested against the Government halting all new oil and gas licences and consents.
Downing Street said the actions of Just Stop Oil protesters were “unacceptable”.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “These sorts of protests which disrupt people’s daily lives or indeed can stop our emergency services from potentially saving lives are unacceptable.
“That’s why we’ve already toughened powers for the police, we’ve given them new powers to act and we are also taking further powers through the House at the moment to ensure they can go even further in preventing these individuals from disrupting people’s lives.”
When asked if members of the public should intervene to remove protestors blocking the roads the spokesman discouraged it saying that it is “for the police to respond in the first instance to these sorts of protests”.
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