The riot was triggered by a film which lampooned Muhammad has continued to sweep across the Muslim world.
Sudanese police were fighting back up to five thousand protesters who had surrounded the mission in capital Khartoum.
Fears for any British nationals that may be trapped inside the building grew this afternoon after protesters stormed and set fire to the German embassy next door, tearing down its national flag and hoisting the Islamic banner.
And as news spread of the uprising, it emerged a splinter cell of demonstrators had climbed the walls of the US embassy in the North African city after apparently being bussed there from the British and German missions.

A spokesperson for the British Foreign Office said: 'We can confirm that there is a protest outside the British embassy and Sudanese police are on scene.'
It is unclear how many staff were inside the mission, or whether they are all accounted for.
In protest act reminiscent of the Libyan protest ,the German flag at the German embassy was burnt while an Arabic inscribed flag was hoisted.
Since a 14-minute trailer for the movie, called The Innocence of Muslims, was posted on YouTube by its American producers, turmoil has spread across the Muslim world.
Angry protests erupted with domino effect across the Middle East and Africa today, including in Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar, Bangladesh, Kashmir, Pakistan, Bahrain, Palestine, Tunisia, and Sudan.

Meanwhile, U.S. embassies across the Muslim world prepare for violence after Friday prayers – the traditional Middle East time for protest
The moviemaker at the center of the controversial film about Mohammed-that led to the death of the ambassador Sam Bacile a Coptic Christian wrote the script in prison and now has police protection as he 'fears retaliation'
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