{"id":367064,"date":"2025-08-23T11:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367064\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:07:12","slug":"five-people-rushed-to-hospital-following-restaurant-fire-as-met-investigate-suspected-arson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367064\/","title":{"rendered":"Five people rushed to hospital following restaurant fire, as Met investigate suspected arson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Five people rescued and taken to hospital after Ilford restaurant fire.<\/p>\n

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Five people have been rushed to hospital, including three who are in a life-threatening condition, as police investigate a suspected arson attack at a restaurant in Ilford, East London.\n<\/p>\n

Paramedics and firefighters were alerted to the incident on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill at about 9pm on Friday, August 22.<\/p>\n

Five people were rescued from the restaurant and taken to hospital, while nine others were able to escape beforehand, according to the London Fire Brigade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Part of the ground floor was damaged as a result of the blaze. T<\/p>\n

he cause of the fire is being investigated by firefighters and the Metropolitan Police.<\/p>\n

No arrests have been made at this stage.<\/p>\n

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London Fire Brigade were called to the fire on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill at about 9pm on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Detective Chief Inspector Mark Rogers, of the Met\u2019s Central Specialist Crime North unit said: \u201cWe understand this incident will cause concern within the community. My team of specialist detectives are working at speed to piece the incident together. <\/p>\n

\u201cLocals can expect to see a large police presence in the area. If you have any concerns, please speak to those officers on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ilford North MP Wes Streeting, who is also Health Secretary, posted on X about the incident, saying: \u201cHuge thanks to @\u200cmetpoliceuk @londonfire @\u200cLdn_Ambulance for their response to a serious incident on Gants Hill\/Woodford Avenue this evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease avoid the area for now. Further updates will follow from @\u200cRedbridgeLive and emergency services.\u201d<\/p>\n

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: \u201cWe were called at 9.04pm yesterday to reports of a fire on Woodford Avenue, Ilford.<\/p>\n

“We sent resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, an advanced paramedic, an incident response officer and paramedics from our hazardous area response team. We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London\u2019s Air Ambulance.<\/p>\n

“We treated five people for burns and smoke inhalation. We took two patients to a major trauma centre and three others to local hospitals.”<\/p>\n

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A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: \u201cWe were called at 9.02pm to reports of a fire at a restaurant on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill.<\/p>\n

“Part of the ground floor restaurant was damaged by fire. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued five people from the restaurant. They were all taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service. Around nine further people were able to leave the restaurant before firefighters arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe brigade\u2019s control officers received seven calls about the fire and mobilised crews from Ilford, Hainault, Leytonstone and Woodford fire stations to the scene. The fire was extinguished by 10.32pm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cause of the fire is being investigated by the brigade and the Metropolitan Police Service.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about the fire is urged to contact the Met via 101, quoting 7559\/22AUG. If you wish to remain anonymous, please speak with Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five people rescued and taken to hospital after Ilford restaurant fire. Picture: Google maps Five people have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-367064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115077765524634846","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}