{"id":367227,"date":"2025-08-23T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367227\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T12:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:38:10","slug":"met-police-investigate-suspected-arson-attack-after-ilford-restaurant-fire-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367227\/","title":{"rendered":"Met police investigate suspected arson attack after Ilford restaurant fire | London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Scotland Yard is investigating a suspected arson attack on a restaurant in Ilford, east <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/london\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London<\/a>, which has left three people in a life-threatening condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the scene in Woodford Avenue, Gants Hill, at about 9pm on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Firefighters rescued five people from the restaurant after part of the ground floor was damaged, with nine others able to get out beforehand, London fire brigade said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Five people were injured, three of them in a life-threatening condition, the Metropolitan police said. They were all treated at the scene for burns and smoke inhalation before being taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A London fire brigade spokesperson said: \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<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe cause of the fire is being investigated by the brigade and the Metropolitan police service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">DCI 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<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\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<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The health secretary, Wes Streeting, the MP for Ilford North, posted on X: \u201cHuge thanks to @metpoliceuk @LondonFire @Ldn_Ambulance for their response to a serious incident on Gants Hill\/Woodford Avenue this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cPlease avoid the area for now. Further updates will follow from @RedbridgeLive and emergency services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Anyone with information is urged to contact the Met via 101, quoting 7559\/22AUG. Those who wish to remain anonymous can speak with Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scotland Yard is investigating a suspected arson attack on a restaurant in Ilford, east London, which has left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-367227","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\/115078122940068400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367227","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=367227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}