Climate change activists spray red paint at UK Treasury from fire engine

Extinction Rebellion protestors demonstrate outside the Treasury building in London, Britain October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

LONDON (Reuters) - Climate change activists used a fire engine to spray red paint at the facade of the British finance ministry on Thursday.

The activists drove up to the British Treasury in a fire engine and sprayed red paint through the hose onto the building, though at one point they lost control of the hose.