Thick smoke billowed from the stern of triple-decker party boat the Erasmus as it crashed into Canary Wharf Pier at speed in dramatic scenes captured on video by shocked passers-by.

Thames boat: New footage shows Canary Wharf pier crash Passengers having been speaking about the moment a pleasure cruiser crashed into the bank of the Thames, as new footage emerges of the incident.

A 300 tonne pleasure boat with 151 people on board crashed into a pier on the Thames in London after its engine caught fire. Nobody on board was injured following the crash at Canary Wharf Pier at ...

Read our privacy notice. A Thames pleasure cruiser with 151 people on board has crashed into a wall in Canary Wharf after catching fire while out on the river.

You can also travel on the Thames Clipper boat to Canary Wharf Pier, take the D3, D7, D8, 135 or 277 bus, or drive.

London, United Kingdom: More than 150 people on a leisure boat had a narrow escape when the vessel caught fire and crashed into Canary Wharf pier on River Thames in east London.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman told the MailOnline: ‘We were called at 4.20pm to reports of a fire on board a boat near Canary Wharf Pier.

The boat crashed into Canary Wharf Pier after its engine caught fire A 300 tonne pleasure boat with 151 people on board crashed into a pier on the Thames in London after its engine caught fire.

You can also travel on the Thames Clipper boat to Canary Wharf Pier, take the D3, D7, D8, 135 or 277 bus, or drive.