Fire destroys Hastings pier

Hastings pier blazes against the night sky Photograph: RNLI/PA Royal National Lifeboat Institution workers battle the blaze Photograph: RNLI/PA A video grab taken from BBC News of the fire at dawn Photograph: BBC News/PA The pier on fire Photograph: Adrian Peacock/Rex Features A walker looks at the ruined pier Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA The skeletal remains of Hastings pier Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA The smouldering wreck of the pier Photograph: Andrew Hasson for the Guardian Hastings pier after the fire Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Hastings pier after being destroyed by fire Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Contemporay artist Lydia Holtom uses charred remnants washed up on to the beach to construct an installation infront of the pier Photograph: Sang Tan/AP Hastings pier before the fire Photograph: Dan Sparham/Rex Features