Best lens for T4i for shooting at night with bright lights?

I am looking for a lens for my Canon Rebel T4i. I am a news photographer and I shoot fire, police, and ambulance scenes at night where there are flashing lights like this: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3857/15157183675_9500a2f415_b.jpg. My current lens is coming out blurry at times and overall quality is not good. I'm willing to spend a few hundred dollars on it, but nothing really expensive.

Hello sambo613,
The lens that you would want would be one with a larger aperture that will allow more light into the camera. One of the more budget friendly lenses that you might want to look into would be the EF 85mm f/1.8 USM or the EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. Either of these will feature a larger aperture value than what comes with the stock kit lens.
EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
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