At least 16 people were treated at hospitals for various injuries, authorities said.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson said officers showed “great courage” in patrolling the city.
“Our community has to take some responsibility for what happened tonight,” Johnson said. “We have done something here that is going to impact our community for a long time.”
Business on fire beside McDonald's on W. Florissant in #Ferguson: pic.twitter.com/0SyPuVK789
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) November 25, 2014
Numerous fires burned this morning, engulfing buildings and vehicles. Two police cars were melted, authorities said, and businesses were left trashed amid the protests.
Most interesting thing is the store music is STILL playing... #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/an3Rh3TYGa
— Charles Wade (@akacharleswade) November 25, 2014
The Aug. 9 shooting has sparked months of protests in the city, drawing national attention to the St. Louis suburb.
","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/US/additional-national-guardsmen-headed-ferguson-fires-burn-city/story?id=27157986","legacySlug":"/news/story/additional-national-guardsmen-headed-ferguson-fires-burn-city-27157986","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"10:18","publishDate":"11-25-2014","updatedTime":"14:56","updatedDate":"11-25-2014","socialImage":{"alt":"Cars which were set on fire when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case sit on a lot, Nov. 25, 2014 in Dellword Mo. ","credit":"Scott Olson/Getty Images","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/GTY_ferguson_damage_burned_cars_ll_141125_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"11/25/2014 10:18:00 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":27157986,"headline":"AC","mediaAssetTitle":"GOOD_GUARD_FIRES_141125","description":"Additional Missouri National Guardsmen were ordered to city.","duration":"4:01","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/i/abcnews/2014/11/141125_gma_perez1_701_,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["27136492","27151282","27153115"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"November 24, 2014","headline":"Police Officer Who Shot Michael Brown Got Married Last Month","section":"news","slug":"/news/story/ferguson-officer-shot-michael-brown-married-month-27136492","id":27136492,"image":{"alt":"Police Officer Who Shot Michael Brown Got Married Last Month","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/HT_darren_wilson_float_jef_140819_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Screen shot via Facebook","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"November 25, 2014","headline":"How Obama Reacted to Ferguson Grand Jury Decision","section":"news","slug":"/news/story/president-obama-reacts-ferguson-grand-jury-decision-27151282","id":27151282,"image":{"alt":"How Obama Reacted to Ferguson Grand Jury Decision","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/ABC_obama_ferguson_jtm_141124_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"ABC News","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"November 25, 2014","headline":"See Michael Brown's Mother Moments Before Grand Jury Decision","section":"news","slug":"/news/story/michael-browns-mother-reacted-grand-jury-decision-27153115","id":27153115,"image":{"alt":"See Michael Brown's Mother Moments Before Grand Jury Decision","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/ht_lesley_mike_brown_kb_141124_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Seni Tienabeso/ABC News","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"AC","description":"Additional Missouri National Guardsmen were ordered to city.","duration":"4:01","uploadDate":"11-25-2014","publication":"11-25-2014","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/i/abcnews/2014/11/141125_gma_perez1_701_,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/i/abcnews/2014/11/141125_gma_perez1_701_,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/additional-national-guardsmen-headed-ferguson-fires-burn-city-27157986"}},"playlist":[{"id":"132569874","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132567885","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132510121","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132473181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132497933","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132281378","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132283010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132273278","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132231169","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132206748","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132200241","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054443","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054798","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132033010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131912713","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131830583","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131834976","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554765","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554815","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131543053","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:news:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"news","title":"AC","pubTime":"05:18","pubDate":"11-25-2014","modTime":"09:56","modDate":"11-25-2014","taxonomyTags":"none","id":27157986,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"AC","mediaAssetTitle":"GOOD_GUARD_FIRES_141125","videoId":27157986,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/news/story/additional-national-guardsmen-headed-ferguson-fires-burn-city-27157986"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/27157986","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/27157986","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};