By the following morning crowds of people had gathered in riot-affected areas like Clapham Junction and Hackney.
BBC: England riots: Are brooms the symbol of the resistance?
He faced people in Clapham Junction wanting to know what he planned to do to improve the police response.
BBC: London riots: Boris Johnson faces angry business owners
The Clapham Junction crash in December 1988 killed 35 people when three morning rush hour trains collided in south London.
By mid-afternoon, police forensics teams and the fire brigade had secured much of the Clapham Junction area and the clean-up began.
Nicole Wevers waited patiently with hundreds of other residents while police forensics experts combed the streets around the looted Debenhams in Clapham Junction.
BBC: England riots: Are brooms the symbol of the resistance?
The riots weren't on my doorstep as I live near Wandsworth Town - but I consider the whole area including Clapham Junction my home.
On Friday, Wandsworth Council served a tenant with an eviction notice after that person's son appeared in court in connection with the Clapham Junction riot.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson, who also cut short a holiday to return, was heckled by the members of the public while viewing damage in Clapham Junction on Tuesday.
When London Mayor Boris Johnson went to inspect the damage in Clapham Junction, the crowd chanted "where's your broom" and one was soon pushed into his hand.
BBC: England riots: Are brooms the symbol of the resistance?
The picture shows those who turned out the next day to clean up the street of Clapham Junction and at the time of writing has had nearly 400, 000 views.
The Overground service linking Clapham Junction and Surrey Quays will have four trains an hour stopping at these stops, but the trains will not go in to Victoria or London Bridge.
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He visited Clapham Junction in south London - one of several areas in London hit by violence and looting over the past few days - alongside Home Secretary Theresa May on Tuesday.
BBC: London riots: Boris Johnson faces angry business owners
The Overground now goes through 21 of London's 32 boroughs, and the orbital allows passengers to go on its different routes via Willesden Junction, Clapham Junction, Highbury and Islington and Gospel Oak stations.
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