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Clasford Stirling, a resident of Tottenham for 32 years, said the area looked like a battlefield
Police said there were still "pockets of criminality" on Sunday morning and residents reported more looting.
London Fire Brigade said crews were dampening down the scene of some fires.
A spokesman said all the fires were under control "at the moment".
Metropolitan Police chiefs said 26 officers had been injured in the riots, and two were still in hospital. Three other people were injured.
Scotland Yard said more than 40 people had so far been arrested and remained in custody.
On Sunday morning, police were manning a cordon around the scene of the violence, while residents surveyed the damage to their community.
Tottenham MP David Lammy said: "A community that was already hurting has had its heart ripped out.
"There are people homeless and we don't know if there are fatalities in the houses.
He added that shops and homes have been "smashed to pieces by mindless people"
"This is a disgrace and must stop," he said.
"This is an attack on Tottenham, on people shopkeepers, woman, children, now standing homeless."
Home Secretary Theresa May said: "I condemn utterly the violence in Tottenham last night.
"Such disregard for public safety and property will not be tolerated, and the Metropolitan Police have my full support in restoring order.
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The BBC's Andy Moore reports from behind police lines after a BBC satellite truck came under attack from youths throwing missiles
"There is no justification for the aggression the police and the public faced, or for the damage to property."
Riot police and mounted police were called in after the protest deteriorated into violence about 20:20 BST.
Rioters threw petrol bombs at police and buildings. A double-decker bus was set on fire at the junction of High Road and Brook Street and buildings, including a supermarket and carpet shop, were also set alight.
Piled trolleys high The London Ambulance Service said a total of 10 people had been treated by medics and nine had been taken to hospital. At least one of the injured police officers suffered head injuries.
Crowds of looters smashed shop windows in a retail park near Tottenham Hale tube station and plundered goods from many stores on Saturday night.
Teenagers and adults were said to have turned up in cars and filled their boots with stolen items, unimpeded by police.
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Faint grey plumes of smoke still rise over Tottenham High Road some 12 hours after last night's unrest - the smouldering buildings the first visible signs of its intensity.
On the ground, at the junction with Monument Way, bricks, broken glass and debris litter the roads and pavements as far as the eye can see.
A burnt-out Ford Focus police car sits at one end and the shell of a double-decker bus can just be made out 150 yards up the High Road.
Local residents, some angry, most just frustrated, ask a line of up to 50 officers why they can't pass and get on their way.
The road has been completely sealed off.
Adeyemi Adeagbo is unable to get to his church - the CAC Outreach - just yards away.
He says it pains him as Sunday is the only day he gets to worship.
The rioters were fighting for their rights, but should have protested in a "civilised way", he says.
Another resident, who appears from the other side of the cordon, says he has seen a betting shop and post office completely gutted.
"They are shells, it's like the Blitz," he says.
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On the ground, at the junction with Monument Way, bricks, broken glass and debris litter the roads and pavements as far as the eye can see.
A burnt-out Ford Focus police car sits at one end and the shell of a double-decker bus can just be made out 150 yards up the High Road.
Local residents, some angry, most just frustrated, ask a line of up to 50 officers why they can't pass and get on their way.
The road has been completely sealed off.
Adeyemi Adeagbo is unable to get to his church - the CAC Outreach - just yards away.
He says it pains him as Sunday is the only day he gets to worship.
The rioters were fighting for their rights, but should have protested in a "civilised way", he says.
Another resident, who appears from the other side of the cordon, says he has seen a betting shop and post office completely gutted.
"They are shells, it's like the Blitz," he says.
Others arrived on foot and piled shopping trolleys high with looted electronic goods, a local woman, who did not want to be named, said.
Another local resident told the BBC that looting had continued beyond daybreak on Sunday. Meanwhile, shops in nearby Wood Green had also been looted, and two cars had been burnt out.
Vision Express, the Body Shop, Boots and JD Sports were among shops that had been looted on Wood Green High Street.
Commander Stephen Watson, of the Metropolitan Police, earlier told BBC News a significant number of officers had been deployed with the aim of restoring "calm and normality to the area as soon as possible".
Mr Watson said police did not have warnings of last night's level of disorder, despite being aware of raised tensions after Mr Duggan's death.
"What we experienced earlier on yesterday evening was a peaceful protest outside Tottenham police station - there was no indication it would deteriorate in this way. For those who involved themselves in this level of violence, there is no excuse."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating Thursday's shooting.
A police officer was also shot in the incident, which happened in what was called a "pre-planned operation" when police stopped a minicab containing Mr Duggan.
The BBC's Andy Moore said that since riots in 1985, relations between the local community and police had been generally good, but last week's shooting raised tensions.
He said elements of the community were looking for instant answers but the investigation into Mr Duggan's death would be more long-term.
A friend of Mr Duggan, who gave her name as Niki, 53, said those who had joined Saturday's protest, which began with a march from Broadwater Farm area, wanted "justice for the family".
Buildings and vehicles were set alight in the riot, which turned violence at about 20:20 BST "It's absolutely outrageous to see it on the streets of London.
"We'll do as much as we can to ensure there's no recurrence tonight."
Of the investigation over the shooting of Mr Duggan, Mr Malthouse said: "I can understand people's unrest.
"But these investigations take some time."
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